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[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: It is a tall tale that terrifies most young children. Swallow a piece of chewing gum and it will remain in your body for seven years before it is digested. An even worse tale is that swallowed gum can wrap itself around your heart. But what does happen if you should accidentally eat a stick of gum? Chewing gum is made out of gum base, sweeteners, coloring and flavoring. The gum base is pretty indigestibleit is a mixture of different ingredients that our body can't absorb. Most of the time, your stomach really cannot break down the gum the way it would break down other foods. However, your digestive system has another way to deal with things you swallow. After all, we eat lots of things that we are unable to fully digest. They keep moving along until they make it all the way through the gut and come out at the other end one or two days later. The saliva in our mouths will make an attempt at digesting chewing gum as soon as we put it in our mouths. It might get through the shell but many of gum's base ingredients are indigestible. It's then down to our stomach muscleswhich contract and relax, much like the way an earthworm moves to slowly force the things that we swallow through our systems. Swallowing a huge piece of gum or swallowing many small pieces of gum in a short time can cause a blockage within the digestive system, most often in children, who have a thinner digestive tube than adults but this is extremely rare. Question: What would be the best title for text? - How does our digestive system work? - Can chewing gum be swallowed by kids? - Does swallowing chewing gum matter? - Why swallowing chewing gum frightens kids?\n(A).\nDoes swallowing chewing gum matter?\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. Many people paid tribute to the former astronaut. But other people feel regret that no human has been back to the moon since 1972, just three years after Armstrong landed on it and gave his famous \"giant leap for mankind\" speech. Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive of the Space Foundation, thinks that America's space agency NASA should get more money, like in the 1960s, during the moon landings programme, when astronauts went to the moon. \"In this age of limited goals and tiny NASA budgets, Armstrong is a reminder of what our nation was once capable of,\" he said. Armstrong died because of heart problems after surgery. His recovery seemed to be going well, and his death was a surprise to many people. His family described him as a \"reluctant American hero\" and said: \"Honour his example of service, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.\" Speaking from the White House, Barack Obama said Armstrong was \"among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time\". He added: \"And when Neil stepped on the moon for the first time, it was a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten.\" Buzz Aldrin flew with Armstrong on Apollo 11. He was the second man to walk on the moon. He said he was very sad at the death of his good friend and companion. \"When I look at the moon I remember that special moment, over forty years ago, when Neil and I stood on the moon,\" he said. \"Looking back at our brilliant blue planet Earth hanging in the darkness of space, I realized that even though we were farther away from Earth than two humans had ever been, we were not alone. Almost the entire world took that memorable journey with us. I know many millions of people around the world will join me in mourning the death of a true American hero and the best pilot I ever knew. My friend Neil took the small step but giant leap that changed the... Question: How, according to Buzz Aldrin, will Armstrong's 'giant leap' be remembered? - as a historic moment that changed the world - as a memorable journey with the whole world watching - as a representation of the achievements of a past age - as a story that can not be repeated for human being\n(A).\nas a historic moment that changed the world\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: After moving to a small town, I took several pairs of shoes to the shoemaker to be fixed. Within a week I picked them up and put them away in my closet. Four months later my husband and I were invited out to dinner. I unboxed a pair of high heels . I hadn't worn them since they were repaired. I put one shoe on my right foot, and then I put the other on my left. I took both shoes off for a closer look. They were exactly the same style, color1 and size, but each was for the right foot. I was puzzled, since I had worn the shoes on several occasions and knew I hadn't worn two right shoes. Then I thought of the shoemaker. Although I was sure he wouldn't remember me after such a long time, I telephoned him and explained to him the trouble I had. \"Thank goodness you finally called!\" he was nearly shouting, \"An angry woman with two left shoes has been bothering for months!\" Question: When the writer found that there was something wrong with her high heels, _ . - she immediately realized where the trouble had come from - she telephoned the shoemaker to explain to him what was wrong - she was puzzled because the shoes had been all right when she wore them before - she didn't know what to do with the shoes\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "she telephoned the shoemaker to explain to him what was wrong", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nArticle: Mr and Mrs Smith come from America. They teach English in Yangzhou. They like their jobs. They have a son, Tom and a daughter, Mary. They are all in China now. Mr Smith can speak Chinese. He likes swimming and singing. Mrs Smith likes swimming and running. Tom and Mary like playing chess. They often play games with Chinese boys and girls. Mr and Mrs Smith like Chinese food very much, but Tom and Mary don't like it. They like French fries and hamburgers. Mrs Smith wants them to eat more vegetables and fruit. One day, Mrs Smith cooks some vegetables for them. Tom sees them and says, \" I am full .\" And Mary says, \"I have something to do.\" And she runs away. Question: Why don't Tom and Mary eat the vegetables Mrs Smith cooks one day? Yes or no, is the answer \"Because they don't like them.\"?\n**Answer**\nNo\n\n*Question*\nArticle: A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for \"hen\". Just then the shop waiter asks her, \"Can I help you?\" \"I want the egg's mother.\" the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, \"Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.\" Suddenly the woman remembers the word \"cock\". \"I want the cock's wife!\" she says. This time the shop waiter laughs. Question: Which of the following is true? Yes or no, is the answer \"The woman has a hen for her supper.\"?\n**Answer**\nYes\n\n*Question*\nArticle: In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there is no people sitting on it. ,. Question: If Mrs. Green wants you to her house in a car, you should _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"sit at the front seat\"?\n**Answer**\nYes\n\n*Question*\nArticle: A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people's weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station .There were always lots of people in and out . The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak . \"Good morning ,Madam .\"it said in Indian . \"Your weight is 72 kilograms .That's three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables ,you will be soon all right .Please have a nice day .\" The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. \" Good morning ,Miss .\"the machine said in Chinese .\"Your weight is 45 kilograms .It's all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day .Please have a nice day.\" The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman. She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English \"Good morning .Will one of you get off?\" Question: The machine in this passage could_. Yes or no, is the answer \"weigh and talk to people\"?\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: The place is too crowded, if you are coming with your family and some of you guys are above the average size of a filipino be prepared to be squished. Service wasn't on point we had to keep asking on our own for water refills and napkins. The food was good but be prepared for all the grease the food contains(you think regular homemade, seafoodcity, etc filipino food is greasy this place is over the top lol) They charge $1 to add a little piece of leche flan for your halo halo(who does that!!?) Not worth it, Save your money and eat somewhere else.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: Overall, I like this place. 1. I have purchased three Honda's from here in 6 years. 2. I take my cars there all the time for service. I know the service express manager well enough. 3. I take care of my cars. 4. Not sure why the sales staff at Findlay treat me like I am not honorable. 5. Test drove a Pilot there on Saturday night before closing. Wanted to discuss a trade in and the manager was not there, so I had to come back Monday morning. 6. The trade in manager was not there, the internet managers were not there except for one. He remembered me and was busy with another client so he set me up with a normal sales guy. 7. This guy does no research or facts, I have to repeat myself three times, he wants to sell me the car for higher than I was originally quoted. He wants me to sign a statement I will buy the car if he meets certain requirements, he wants me to show him my check to show I am serious. I told him to stop insulting me. 8. Finally, after 1 hour, and after telling them I had to be out of there by 11:30 am, I get to see another manager and the deal is done in 20 minutes. 9. I asked them to start the car with the clean up people while we wait for finance and all to finish with me and they don't start till way late. 10. End result is that I am late, I am annoyed, and I had to push them along. 11. Never did they offer me a drink, like the service people do, never did the manager shake my hand to congratulate me, although the finance guy and the sales guy did. Not sure why I still buy from this place, but I like Honda's. If you are looking for a car, be careful of this place. Great product, however, the sales staff is a mirror of their management and I dealt with the management and it was less than enjoyable.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Music was decent. DJ silver kept talking! So annoying. We just wanted to dance & enjoy the music!\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: Pretty sure I'm not invisible, but appear to be to the Friday night crew at this particular KFC. Stood there for what seemed to be an eternity, then left to go to Popeyes. Should have known better, this location is just aweful. Should rename themselves KFuC.\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: Always wanted to try G.C. but since the closest one is 50 mins away, i never got around to it. About a month ago my wife and I broke down and tried it after my Aunt went and loved it. Im not a huge buffet person but i like to go to one here and there when im in Vegas. I have tried Hometown Buffet a few times in the past and they are HORRIBLE so i was scared to try G.C. First off the lines are InSaNe but you know what? it is totally worth it. The price is reasonable and the food is actually really good. The steaks were awesome and so was 98% of the rest of the food. I have been back since and it never disappoints. Its alittle small so they cram you in but whatever. Why are these not at more locations? There really isnt many around. So i say give 'em a try...i really like this place.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Had trouble finding the location for this place. Its next to Harley davidson and Hawaiian market place. If youre on Aria, Cosmo or bellagio side take the air cross walk in front of the cosmo. Good food, good price and no wait!", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: I always have to eat here when I am in Vegas. It's a must! The sandwiches are warm and the bread is toasted to perfection. I really wish they would open a location here. I normally get the Full Montague. Yumm, my mouth is watering thinking of this sandwich. I have tried other ones as well, the bread is all the same, but the Full Montague, which is filled with roast beef, turkey, and vegetables is the way to go! Another mentionable product is their tomato soup. I have no idea why, but I really like it from here. It's thick and puree-ish but not? I don't know but if you're up to it, definitely order the sandwich plus this soup. The line is always long, but the wait for the food to be prepared is pretty short. I kinda wish it wasn't located at Planet Hollywood, since their shops are not appeasing and their casino is ugly. I just hate that hotel in general. But if you walk further down you can get Fat Tuesdays with your sandwich!\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: Was turned onto this place by a friend. When I first walked into the door I immediately thought, Food 4 Less! lol! I hate Food 4 Less! The first place you hit is the produce section and it was fairly decent. Lots of great choices and prices. Still wasn't impressed. By the time I made it to the bulk food section, I was a fan. Lots of choices on food you can bag and purchase in the amounts you see fit. Everything from sugar to cheese puffs, I can see this section working best for those on a budget or those only needing a small amount of something rather than buying an entire bag. Then I made my way to the deli. Awesome! They have deep dish and french bread pizzas made fresh for you to take home and bake, and much cheaper than those you'd find at your popular grocery stores. The dairy section was large and had awesome deals on cheese. The meat section was huge, but I only skated by being vegetarian. But for you meat eaters, this place could be your Mecca! :) I then walked over to the frozen food section, expecting to be disappointed in the vegetarian selection as I am at Food 4 Less and they had an entire two freezers dedicated to it. Score! They even had bulk boxes of Morningstar Farms and Boca burgers. Shaweet! Long story short is that this place is worth the visit. Awesome prices and huge selections. It's not like Food 4 Less at all. Actually, it's kinda like Food 4 Less and Sam's Club had a baby, and out came Winco - Bulk foods at cheap prices, but regular selections as well if you're not into bulk. You bag your own groceries like Food 4 Less, so be prepared. Only downfall is that the nearest one to me is a good 20 minutes away from Summerlin. Need to open more stores.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: I've had 2 occasions to stay there, both in the context of business trips. Even on someone else's dime: it wasn't enjoyable. The only good thing I can say is: the showers get hot quickly. Otherwise, the design is poor, the rooms are small , the acoustics are poor, some of the rooms are dark. Depending upon what tower you are in (I was in the 'Chrysler\" building- VERY small windows) you either have a view or you look @ a parking lot. When the rollercoaster runs you can hear it- the screams, the cars on the track- and it can interfere with sleep. The fire alarm was set off when I was there and for 10 minutes a BLARING message was PA'ed into the rooms warning us of a possible emergency. I understand it's a safety precaution but that thing is ULTRA loud, I suppose to wake up any drunk passed out people. I like higher end digs- even the MGM is better than this.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput: Fast service and consistent Starbucks taste but the exterior needs some work and not too pleased with some of the people who hang out in the parking lot so best to go in, get your drink, and leave. Not a location I'd spend any time hanging out at.\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: Blah. This place recently had a car back into it. It was the karma gods at work telling this business that they needed to fix some things. And since they were stalling they caused someone to try and put their own drive through in. Thankfully nobody got seriously hurt in that ordeal but now maybe they'll clean this place up. When I went in I was not impressed by the pricing, selection,or the floor layout. Compared to other thrift stores in Vegas / Hendertucky you can typically find better, more interesting stuff at lower cost by walking out the front door. This is a shame as the Salvation Army is one group I don't mind supporting. But this store does not really do them justice. Steer clear, heck even Savers beats this place and I think Savers sucks.\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Neon sign displaying Boba caught my eye when I pulled up. I ordered three donuts which were nice and fresh. They have the usual variety of Boba flavors but decided to try the strawberry mango and I hate strawberry flavor. The cold drink is nice for a summer day and blended smoothly. Highly recommend if you never heard of Boba and have an open mind. Go support the local business and and enjoy a great donut.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "DIALOG:\nWhat was Nij ⁇ Narinobu's Edo period?\n- Nijō Narinobu , son of Nijō Harutaka, was a Japanese \"kugyō\" (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868).\n- What happened during his Edo period?\n- He married a Tokugawa Juko (1796-1844), daughter of the seventh head of Mito Domain Tokugawa Harutoshi.\n- Did they have any children?\n- \nNext turn: The couple had son Nijō Nariyuki, among others.\n\n\nProblem: What could be the response? DIALOG:\nWho was John Hordere?\n- \nA: John Hordere John Hordere (fl.1395-1411), was an English Member of Parliament.\n\n\nQUESTION: Write another turn of this conversation. DIALOG:\nWhat is Diykovo?\n- Diykovo Diykovo () is a rural locality (a village) in Babayevsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia.\n- How many people live there?\n- \nANS: The population was 83 as of 2002.\n\n\nquestion: Write a response. DIALOG:\nWhat is meant by Shield of the Trinity?\n- The Shield of the Trinity is not generally intended to be any kind of schematic diagram of the structure of God, but instead is merely a compact visual device from which the above statements (contained in or implied by the Athanasian Creed) can be read off.\n- When was the Shield of the Trinity created?\n- The precise origin of this diagram is unknown, but it was evidently influenced by 12th-century experiments in symbolizing the Trinity in abstract visual form—mainly by Petrus Alfonsi's Tetragrammaton-Trinity diagram of c. 1109 (and possibly also by Joachim of Fiore's different Tetragrammaton-Trinity diagram of three circles, which in turn led to the Borromean rings being used as a symbol of the Trinity ), in combination with the Athanasian Creed.\n- Was the Shield of the Trinity used?\n- The Shield of the Trinity diagram is attested from as early as a of Peter of Poitiers' \"Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi\", but the period of its most widespread use was during the 15th and 16th centuries, when it is in found in a number of English and French manuscripts and books (such as the Sherborne Missal), and as part of stained-glass windows and ornamental carvings in a number of churches (many in East Anglia).\n- Is there anything else interesting about the Shield of the Trinity?\n- \nresponse: The diagram was used heraldically from the mid-13th century, when a shield-shaped version of the diagram (not actually placed on a shield) was included among the c. 1250 heraldic shields in Matthew Paris' \"Chronica Majora\", while the c. 1260 allegorical illustrations of a knight battling the seven deadly sins in a manuscript of William Peraldus' \"Summa Vitiorum\", and of a woman penitent fending off diabolical attacks in the De Quincy Apocalypse, show the diagram placed on a shield.\n\n\nQ: See the conversation. DIALOG:\nWhat was Razem's position on the European Union?\n- The party believes that the EU, in it's current form, represents the interests of 'big business', but has nonetheless found 'indisputable successes' and could be reformed to create a 'progressive' pan-European social and tax policy.\n- Did they want to leave the EU?\n- The party is a proponent of stronger european integration.\n- What did they want to do with the money collected?\n- The party further proposes the creation of an EU army.\n- Were they in favor of the Euro?\n- On the other hand, it has criticised the Eurozone, stating that it had been 'poorly thought-out' and could lead to financial shocks in 'weaker Union economies', however adding that if the 'reformed' eurozone were to become 'truly solidary', it would fully support Poland's adoption of the Euro.\n- What were some of their other beliefs regarding the EU?\n- The party has declared that it is convinced that NATO was 'not a sufficient tool' to ensure the lasting security of Poland and Europe, instead preferring the creation of an EU Army trough the Common Security and Defence Policy.\n- What would they do if they were elected?\n- \n****\nNext: It strongly supports efforts for international arms control and disarmament as part of a larger 'peace policy'.\n\n\nDIALOG:\nWhat is the game Blow football?\n- Blow football Blow football is a children/adults game, popular in the United Kingdom where the object is to blow through some kind of pipe causing a small lightweight ball to pass through the opponent's goal, as in other forms of Football.\n- What are some of the materials needed for the game?\n- The game is often played with whatever materials are at hand, such as drinking straws, and ping-pong balls but is also sold as a boxed game in some toy shops.\n- What is in the boxed game?\n- Boxed games typically contain a few plastic pipes, a ball, and two plastic goals.\n- What other materials are needed for the game?\n- Some versions may include two plastic goalkeepers on sticks for the players to defend the goal with, or a football pitch laid out on a piece of cloth that is then put on a table and used as the playing surface, or even supply a rigid surface to play on, with raised boundaries so the ball cannot go out of bounds.\n- How many players can play the game at once?\n- At least two players are involved, though some sets will supply more pipes so the whole family can play.\n- How are the pipes used in the game?\n- \nNext turn:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The pipes may be simple, or may have mouthpieces after the fashion of a pea shooter.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: Do not rent a storage space from these people. They are thieves and every time I went to visit my storage unit my things were not in the same place where I left them. Plus my unit was very hot with terrible lighting. It gave me the creeps every time I had to go there.\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: When I think of Lazy Janes I think of a sunny Saturday morning following a visit to the farmers market! While yes great in the winter too...I just love the cozy homey feel of this place. It can be packed on the weekend so you need to bring your patience, but if you come with good friends the wait is part of the fun! Baked goods are obviously amazing...their scones are some of the best I've ever had (get the raspberry if it's available) and their morning buns are phenomenal. Their food is always good and looks like your mom was in the kitchen cooking for you...nothing overly fancy but well done and delish. I do miss that they don't yell your name out anymore from the kitchen when your order is up...that was part of the quirky charm to me, instead you now get a pager. All in all a great staple for fun breakfast in Madison!\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: So I went to go visit a bunch of properties in Vegas. From the outside, this property looks very nice. The Staff is friendly as well. However, once you step into the apartments, you know that this is an old property. Every apartment we went into had a weird smell. The appliances were outdated. I would suggest looking at other rental properties and paying a bit more. This property does however look very safe.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput: Good coffee, Great biscuits, great service. They could use some sort of barrier to tone down the street noise\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: What a bunch OF ASS-HOLES going out of business for a vary good reason. I come in spend $480 dollars on accessories ... They say everything is half or 30 to 40 percent off.. I don't check the prices get home and my Hubby said I got ripped off... and paid retail as they marked there prices over retail close to msrp lol OK you got me but hahahaha your out of a nice store in Henderson join online sales guys as you won't compete. Shame on your for taking advantage of a woman that trusted you as a retailer in my community go back to L.A. Thanks P.s. Thank god I didn't buy a used pistol completely scraped up for more than retail...\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Inside the Mandalay Bay. If you're looking for a hangover cure.. this isn't it. Wonton noodle soup- 2/5. I suppose this may be relatively good here? Noodles are hard and soup is generic and MSG tasting. Thousand year old egg porridge- 2/5. Bland once again with small portion of thousand year old egg and a measly small sprinkle of green onions. Mongolian Beef- 1/5. More like elementary school 'mystery meat mondays' for $20. Lettuce mince meat wrap- 3/5. Okay tasting but small portions, more like a small appetizer. High priced, but then again you are in Vegas so that's to be expected. But the quality is not good. It's much more worth it to drag yourself to a Pho place off the strip to cure that hangover.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health: An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings . In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream. In southern parts of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends. Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January 1st. Food is prepared before the festival so people don't need to cook during the festival. On New Year's Day, _ dishes called Osechi ryori are served--each dish is a wish for the New Year. In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar month. Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year: People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the _ that using a knife during New Year's time might \"cut luck\". Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like \"surplus \". Options: A People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. B New Year begins from January 10 thin Japan C In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter. D Traditional foods only show a new of good luck. Answer: A People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Question:\nAnswer: What do you learn from the passage?\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The best way of learning a language is using it .The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up ( )and people will not understand you .Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor ,you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make . Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes . It is better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you. because they don't understand what you are saying .The most important thing for learning English is : \"Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes. \" Options: A Only foolish ( )people make mistakes B Few people make mistakes C People never make mistakes D There is no one who doesn't make mistakes Answer: D There is no one who doesn't make mistakes Question:\nAnswer: The story tells us :\" _ \".\n\nQuestion: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: In the sea there are many islands. In its warm waters there are some little ones. We call them coral islands. A coral island is very nice to look at. It looks like a ring of land with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is a little round lake inside the island. If you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals make the coral. They began to build under the water. Year after year, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water. Then the sea brought to it small trees and something else. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought seeds to the island. The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there. So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Don't they teach us a lesson? Can you think what the lesson is? Options: A flowers B little corals C grass D sea animals Answer: D sea animals Question:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "There are _ in the holes in corals.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: There are about 7,000,000 people in London. London is one of the big cities in the world. London is famous for many things. People from all over the world come to see the famous buildings. There is a famous clock called Big Ben, too. Like many big cities, the _ is very busy in London. When the work hours begin, over 1,000,000 people use the London underground , but there are still too many buses and cars on the streets. The air isn't clean. For me, the best things about London are the parks. There are five in the middle of the city. But my children's favorite is playing in Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world. ,,. Question: What is Big Ben in London? Options: A: The biggest toy shop. B: A famous clock. C: The park of the city. D: A school\n**Answer**\nB\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: My name is Donna and I have two sisters, Liza and Rita. We like hamburgers and milk for lunch. Lisa and I like chicken, but Rita doesn't. I don't like noodles for breakfast, but Liza and Rita do. I like porridge for breakfast. We really like vegetables and eggs for dinner. Question: Rita doesn't like _ . Options: A: hamburgers B: chicken C: eggs D: porridge\n**Answer**\nB\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Dear Karen, As you probably know, it's my sister Suzie's 16th birthday in a week. We're planning a surprise party for her. Julie's going to pick her up from school as usual on Friday but she's not taking her home. She's bringing her to the Palace Hotel, the big modern one near the station. We're having a meal there and we've also hired the ballroom for a party in the evening. I hope you can come! All her friends from school are coming and quite a few of the people from our village, too. Of course, Mum and Dad are coming up from England and I've managed to persuade our other sister, Marie, to come over from Australia. She's bringing her kids with her, too. After the party we're going to have another one on Saturday! Well, not really a party. We're inviting the family and close friends (that includes you) for a meal at the house. If the weather is nice, we'd like to have a barbecue in the garden. Julie's going to make a special cake for Suzie. Anyway, we hope to make it a really special weekend for Suzie. On Sunday we're all going for a walk in the country. You know how she loves walking and we're all going to need a bit of exercise after all that lovely food. We're hoping to go up to the lake. Marie said she wanted her kids to feed the ducks just like Suzie and she did when they were very young. I'm sure Suzie will love that too. It would be great if you could come over for the weekend. We would all love to see you. Let me know as soon as you can. Best, David Question: _ won't come for the meal at the house on Saturday because David doesn't invite them /her. Options: A: Karen B: People from their village C: Suzie's Mum and Dad D: Marie and her kids\n**Answer**\nB\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Tom's father has a big farm. On New Year's Day, his father asked him, \"Could you work on the farm when you're free this year, Tom?\" \"Farming is not my work, Dad. I have much school work to do,\" Tom wasn't glad at _ . \"If you help me work on the farm, I will give you anything you want.\" \"OK,\" Tom _ happily. So Tom gets up early and works hard on the farm in his free time this year, just like other farmers. His wheat grows very well. Time flies. Today is the last day of the year, December 31st. The father is talking with his son. \"I'm happy to see you work hard on the farm. Tom, now tell me what you want as the gift .\" Tom shows his father a big piece of bread. He makes it with the wheat on his farm. \"I have already gotten your gift, Dad. You're trying to give me a lesson--- no pain, no gain. Right?\" Question: Tom is a (n) _ . Options: A: student B: farmer C: manager D: engineer\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "As a mother, I’m right now navigating the hardest moment with my two daughters and my son … I was raped at 15 and molested by a teacher from 15–16 … it took 13 years of fighting before I saw any justice for those crimes and it paled in comparison to having to live with that trauma for the last 25 years. I thought I had moved past it for the most part, thanks to supportive family and lots of counseling and medication to treat my treatment resistant depression I’ve struggled over the last 25 years. I will be 40 this year. My son, the oldest, turned 15 this year … the same age I was when it began. I see how young he is and recognized for the first time just how young I had been when I was abused. That was really hard for me, emotionally. Now, I look at my two girls, ages 9 and 3, and worry for their safety - probably more than I should, but understandable given what I went through. We have had lots of “body safety” talks and my older daughter understands the very basics of what I went through, mainly because I have spent a great part of this past year writing a memoir about my experiences and have begun speaking publicly about what I went through and what it means to be a survivor. This is challenging because it’s hard to talk about and explain to a child in a way that they understand without making them fear the world. I struggle with this often. I’ve chosen to use it as an opportunity to teach them about activism and the power of speaking the truth, what it means to be a survivor instead of a victim. I hope they grow up and see just how strong their mother is and how she has worked in the community to raise awareness and help others. Question: After the end of this story, the author is probably: Options: - not enough information - feeling stronger than ever - wanting to become a teacher. - getting more counseling. === The correct answer is\nfeeling stronger than ever\n\n\nValentine’s Day sucks. Which may sound odd coming from someone who ceaselessly praises love and sex, but it is true. I am not a fan. My mother and father were married in a small Baptist Church on Valentine’s Day in 1959. They are no longer together. They are still technically married but my father now lives in a residential care home for dementia patients and my mother lives alone. My father’s disease makes him angry and aggressive leaving my mother with blurred and fading memories of his kindness. It is a sad day for all those whose partners are transformed into strangers by illnesses. Some things aren’t fair. It is my step(ish) daughter’s birthday on Valentine’s Day (I am not married to my boyfriend so I can’t claim to be a step-mum and there is no other term for it). The end of my boyfriend’s marriage has put continents between him and his children. When he hangs up the phone after talking to his daughter, his eyes are dark with pain. It is a sad day for all those whose love is diluted by oceans. Some things can’t be changed. I remember the last Valentine’s Day I spent with my ex-husband. I was a couple of weeks away from moving out but I hadn’t told him yet. I felt sick and scared and heartbroken. My husband and I passed the entire day without speaking. As I stood on the edge of the cliff summoning up the courage to jump, I felt entirely alone. It is a sad day for all those whose love has withered away. Some things can’t be fixed. I want to believe that “love is all you need” because it feels as though it could almost be true, but then I remember, on days like this, that for as many hearts that sing, there are equally as many that struggle to beat. Question: She hated valentine's Options: - After her marriage - not enough information - before her marriage - during her marriage === The correct answer is\nAfter her marriage\n\n\n*Question*\nWhen people are huddled at a conference or professional event, the subject often turns to the value of failure and embracing feedback. “It is the key to self improvement!”, many chant, channeling their inner self-help gurus, Sadly, many don’t quite practice what they preach. Seeing the value in critical feedback and the lessons that failure can offer is a tough pill to swallow. For those confident in their capabilities, their social standing (in their companies/communities etc), and their abilities, the pill goes down a little easier. For those who experience imposter syndrome, feel insecure about their work, or are new in their careers, it is more difficult. Here’s the thing: these are not binary personalities. While some people are overly confident about themselves, and some people are overly insecure about themselves, most people have a blend of both. As such, even the most confident people can feel the sting when they get critical feedback or screw something up. This is a guide with some things I have learned over the years about how to turn feedback and failure to your advantage. In my not-so-humble opinion, the perfect blend of a human being is confidence in their ability to execute and accomplish their goals, but with a healthy dose of awareness of their current limitations. Let’s face it, overly confident people are often not just at risk of being swallowed up by ego, but can also lack the empathy to understand other folks they need to work with who don’t share the same confidence. An understanding of our current limitations is healthy. When we understand we are not great at something, but we are eager to learn and improve, it opens us up to counsel and tuition. The confidence piece plays an important role in helping us to remember: “I might suck now, but I am going to learn and get better”. When we have this in our heads it makes the journey more palatable: we know that our failure to succeed right now is temporary and it will improve. Question: How much do those who are insecure about their work probably believe they should communicate their failures to others? Options: - not enough information - probably not as much as those who are secure - probably more than those who are secure - probably the same as those who are secure === The correct answer is\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "probably not as much as those who are secure", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: I thought about Omaha , and my brother , Andrew , and the Green Mile , and the top 12 red carpet event , and the hotel , and the finale , and this tour . It really became apparent to me at that moment that the tour will be done in about a month , and well all , hopefully , go on to amazing careers and lives away from this Idol Machine and apart from one another . After a year with these guys , that thought looms ominous and scary .\n\nWhat may have happened if he did not have these thoughts ?\nOPTIONS:\n- The tour may not have been apparent to him .\n- He may not have thought about Omaha , his brother and the Green Mile , and the top 12 red carpet event .\n- None of the above choices .\n- He may not have appreciated the time and his friends fully .\n\nA: He may not have appreciated the time and his friends fully .\n\nQuestion:\nTHIRD DREAM : i ' m in a house by the creek and bridge in the middle of the ravine , and my mom is in a house across a small adjacent path . it 's winter . both houses are full of people , and we 're both watching the same documentary about these strange evil floating creatures . every so often , my mother and i meet on the wintery path to discuss the documentary .\nAnswer the following question: Why is the narrator 's story so bizarre ?\nOPTIONS:\n- It is about a tragedy they experienced in the winter .\n- It is about a sleep state .\n- None of the above choices .\n- It is about a traumatic event they experienced .\nAnswer:\nIt is about a sleep state .\n\nQuestion:\nI remember all of it , especially as I see my own kids re - enacting every scene . But I also remember time with my Dad . Priceless time , time I could never get back had I missed it originally .\n\nWhy could the speaker never get back this time with their father ?\nOPTIONS:\n- Because the father had succumbed to alcoholism and was no longer in contact with the speaker\n- Because he unfortunately passed away and they would never be able to play together again\n- Because the speaker 's parents had gotten a divorce and seeing their father was n't realisitc\n- The speaker is now an adult and can not interact with her father in this particular way\nAnswer:\nThe speaker is now an adult and can not interact with her father in this particular way\n\nIN: Poor kid had a big scrape on his forehead from the wall and a purple bump from the floor . Both are gone now though . And he learned nothing , he still tries to climb on beds and run cross the mattresses . Friday night sucked , I was feeling sick all night and Cash was not liking the night weaning plan at all .\nWhy would the poor kid have a scrape on his head and a purple bump ?\nOPTIONS:\n- The child is being abused .\n- The kid has a brain tumor .\n- None of the above choices .\n- The child is being neglected .\n\nOUT: None of the above choices .\n\nWe are in the process of moving into our new little abode in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma County , Oklahoma State , United States of America . We got the master bedroom mostly squared away , the living room , received our dryer and refrigerator today , and watered half the lawn . Tomorrow we have the termite inspector coming to check things out . I am going to climb under the house with him to take a look .\n\nOPTIONS:\n- None of the above choices .\n- It is a good place to talk about termites because it is private\n- we can see if termites are inside the mousetraps .\n- We will look for anteaters under the home .\nAnswer the following question: What is the reason the Termite inspector will be under the house ?\n\nNone of the above choices .\n\nProblem: Finally I could swim freely , my mom yelled roll over on your back . I was fine once the screaming choking 40 pound kid was off my back . The boat finally made it over , my wife with compassion in her voice said that was really stupid . Wow , I almost drowned and all you could say was that was stupid .\n\nWhy was I almost drowned ?\nOPTIONS:\n- I was jet skiing high in the sky .\n- I was ice fishing on a large lake .\n- None of the above choices .\n- I was fly fishing in a narrow river .\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "None of the above choices .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The earth is changing. Tomorrow it will be different. All the living things on the earth are changing. Even people are changing, and tomorrow you will be different. There are many kinds of change, and many different things than cause change. People need to realize the changes, to learn to see them, and to learn what causes change. Human beings must solve many problems so that they can continue to live successfully. War is one of these problems. Disease and natural _ are problems. Having enough food and energy for the growing number of people in the world is a problem. Most problems can be solved, but some are impossible to solve. The way in which people solve problems affects how long and how well they can live. As people solve their problems, they change things, and changes often cause new problems for people and for other living things on the earth. Sometimes the new problems seem even worse than the old ones. Human beings will probably never stop having problems to solve. Can you use your imagination to describe a world that has no problems at all ? Question: The reason why everything is changing is that _ . Options: A: people want them to be changing B: there're many different things that cause them to change C: the living things are changing D: the world is too small\nB\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: In London, there has always been a main problem. In order to solve this problem, the government has decided to have a bike revolution . It has decided to provide 6,000 bikes for the people to rent. The government encourages local people to ride bikes in order to solve the traffic problem. More than 12,000 people have agreed to the idea. Some of them ask for more than one key. Although there are not enough bikes, an official from the government said that they would find some ways to deal with such a shortage. Local people can get these bikes at special docking stations .There are about 315 docking stations across the city. About 12,450 keys have already been handed out to the local people, but only 6,000 keys can be used now. Let's see the cost you need to pay. One key costs PS3, and the cost of using the bike is PS1 for an hour. The cost per hour increases as the hours increase, so it will cost PS50 if you rent the bike for 24 hours. The official from the government said they also needed to face a lot of problems, for example, some bikes may be lost. But they said they would try their best to solve all the problems to make sure the success of the program. Question: About _ keys have already been handed out to the local people. Options: A: 315 B: 6.000 C: 12.000 D: 12.450\nD\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Once a boy went to a palace to ask a wise man what the secret of happiness is. After talking with the boy, the wise man asked the boy to look around the palace and return in two hours. \"And , I want to ask you to do something,\"said the wise man .\"As you look around, carry this spoon with you without making the oil spill .\" The boy began walking up and down the stairs of the palace, and he kept his eyes on the spoon all the time. After two hours, he returned. \"Well,\" asked the wise man, \"what did you see in my palace?\" The boy said that he had seen nothing. \"Then go back and enjoy my wonderful world,\" said the wise man. The boy picked up the spoon and began to look around the palace again. This time, he saw many beautiful things in the palace. When he returned, the wise man asked, \"but where are the drops of oil I give you?\" The boy saw that the oil was gone. \"There is only one piece of advice I can give you,\" said the wise man. \"The secret of happiness is to see all wonders of the world and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.\" ,A, B, C, D,, . Question: The boy visited the wise man for _ . Options: A: helping the wise man carry the oil B: becoming famous C: getting the secret of happiness D: going sightseeing in the palace\nA: C\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: An old man, too old to live on his own, went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled , and he couldn't see clearly. The family ate together at the dinner table every night. But the grandfather's trembling hands and poor sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he drank milk, he spilled it on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became angry with him. \"We must do something about Grandfather,\" said the son. So the husband and the wife set a small table in the corner. There, the grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since the grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. Sometimes he had tears in his eyes as he ate alone. The four-year-old grandson watched it all in silence. One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, \"What are you making?\" Just as sweetly, the boy said, \"Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mum to eat your food from when I grow up.\" The four-year-old boy smiled and went back to work. The words struck the parents and they were speechless. Then tears started to run down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took the grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table. The wise parents should realize that the children are their parents' mirror. Question: _ and it made the parents speechless. Options: A: Their son would treat them as they did to their father when they were old B: They saw their father's tears C: They thought their father was sad D: They worried about their future\nAnswer: A\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Many people like to live in big cities, because there are a lot of interesting things to do and to see there. You can go to different kinds of museums, see plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world. But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It is expensive to live there. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can't find jobs or good places to live. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean. Some people enjoy living in big cities. Others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there. :1. serious adj. 2. medical care 3. hard adj. ,. Question: It is RIGHT for people to move to big cities _ . Options: A: with thinking how to move there B: with thinking of the problems of living there C: without thinking of the cost of living D: without thinking of any problems\n**Answer**\nB\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A young man is sitting by the road eating something. A policeman is coming over. At once ,the man gets up quickly and runs down the road. The policeman runs after him. The man runs very fast. But the policeman runs faster. After a few minutes, the policeman catches him. 'Where are you going?' says the policeman. 'You must be a criminal if you run like that when you see a policeman.' 'No, no,' says the man, 'I'm not a criminal. I'm just too fat, you see. The doctor says to me that I must always run fast after eating.' 'I see,' says the policeman, 'You are running to help to lose some weight .' Question: Who runs faster? Options: A: The young runs faster than the policeman. B: The policeman runs faster than the young man. C: The doctor runs faster than the young man. D: No one runs faster than the young man.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Maybe you know floods, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have you heard of typhoons? Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September. How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into sky. Then cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 metres a second, a typhoon begins. A typhoon has two parts, one is called the \"eye\". In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. Here are the strongest winds and hardest rains. Typhoons are very dangerous. In November this year, Typhoon Haiyan killed 5500 people in Philippines. More people are missing. What to do when a typhoon hits? Stay inside. Close all the windows and stay away from them. Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes! Listen to the radio or TV for important information. If you're told to go to a safer place, do it right now. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A) The warmer the air gets, the slower the wind moves. B) 5500 people died because of Typhoon Haiyan around the world. C) The strongest winds and hardest rains are in the wall of clouds. D) A typhoon will not happen before the wind goes faster than 30 km a second.\nC\n\nMobile phones help us easily find people anywhere at any time. A mobile phone can include many things, such as games, music and Internet surfing. Today, 4,600,000,000 people around the world have mobile phones, according to CBS News. However, using mobile phones too often may cause cancer . It's reported that people who used a mobile phone for 10 years or more were more likely to get cancer. The advice below may help you reduce the risk of cancer: An earphone gives out much less radiation than phones. However, you should take it off your ear when you're not talking to anyone. Your phone gives out radiation when you talk or text , but not when you're listening or getting messages. Listening more and talking less can lower the risk of cancer. Hold the phone away from your body when you're talking, not against your ear. Also, don't keep it in your pocket. Phones gives out less radiation to send texts than to carry a person's voice. Texting also keeps radiation away from your head. Do not use your mobile phone when the signal is weak. Fewer signal bars on your phone mean that the phone needs to give out more radiation to work. Make and take calls when your phone has a strong signal. The passage mainly talks about _ . A) the development and advantages of mobile phones B) the reason why mobile phone radiation causes cancer C) how to protect ourselves from mobile phone radiation D) the best ways to use mobile phones to communicate\nC\n\nHu Yizhou, also known as Zhouzhou, was born with intellectual disabilities. When he was 25 years old, he had an IQ of 30 and behaved himself like a 3-year-old child. But he does well in music. His disability has not prevented him from becoming a well-known conductor . Zhang Yiqing, a director with Hubei TV station, learnt of Zhouzhou's talent for music. He wanted to help the young man. Later Zhouzhou's story has made into a film and was spread in China, Europe and America. Ever since he was famous for his great musical talent, Zhouzhou has received a lot of attention from home and abroad. He has taken part in many art performances . Now he works in the Chinese Disabled Art Group as a conductor. To Zhouzhou, standing on the stage is already a big success. What is Zhouzhou well-known as? A) A good cook. B) A famous conductor. C) A good director. D) A kind disabled boy.\nB\n\nThe winter vacation is coming. I don't want to spend more time playing. I decide to work to make money for the next term. But I don't know what work I can do. Now, my mother is writing a book. She is busy and tired. I want to type for her for pay. When I tell her, she is very happy. She agrees to pay me 5 yuan for 1,000 words. But she asks me to do it carefully. It is a hard job for me. I type so slowly that I can type only 800 words a day. But I don't want to give up. I will keep typing all day long. I think I can type faster and faster. I plan to finish the work in two weeks. Then, I will do my winter homework. I begin to know how hard it is to make money. And I really know the meaning of \"Where there's a will, there's a way.\" Who does the writer want to work for? A) His mother. B) His father. C) His teacher. D) His brother.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: OPTIONS:\n- there were so many choices\n- the prices for food were so low\n- they could refill drinks for free\n- they could get extra food for free Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: After living in the United States for quite a long time, I do not think about the cultural differences any more. Last month, my parents came to visit me. Their observations on the American lifestyle reminded me that cultural differences between living in China and America are actually everywhere. When my parents came to America, they praised my house. Everyone had his/her own bedroom; there was a front yard, a backyard and a garage; there were many bathrooms - all convenient and comfortable. However, they were not used to the glass doors at the first floor. My mom, from southern China, was worried that someone would break open the glass doors. Though I said that nobody would do that, she was still worried about it. When I brought them to eat in fast food restaurants, whether it was in McDonald's or KFC, they saw that refilling drinks was for free. This concept of free refill was so new to them. A Chinese friend told me a story. He and his American girlfriend ate at a restaurant. His girlfriend wanted to drink English tea. He was curious, so he tried some and found that it didn't taste bad with milk and sugar in it. Adding more water to tea is free of course, so he drank more cups. His girlfriend found it embarrassing and explained to him that what he was doing was not exactly fair. If he wanted to drink more tea, he should buy another cup. My friend thought that Americans could take advantage of the free refills, but only a few of them did that. After staying in America for some time, he changed his habit. Question: When eating at McDonald's for the first time in America, the writer's parents were probably surprised that _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput: they could refill drinks for free\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: When I was six, dad brought home a dog one day, who was called \"Brownie\". My brothers and I all loved Brownie and did different things with her. One of us would walk her, another would feed her, then there were baths, playing catch and many other games. Brownie, in return, loved each other and every one of us. One thing that most touched my heart was that she would go to whoever was sick and just be with them. We always felt better when she was around. One day , as I was getting her food, she chewed up one of dad's shoes, which had to be thrown away in the end. I knew dad would be mad and I had to let her know what she did was wrong. When I looked at her and said, \"Bad girl,\" she looked down at the ground and then went and hid. I saw a tear in her eyes. Brownie turned out to be more than just our family pet. She went everywhere with us. People would stop and ask if they could pet her. Of course she'd let anyone pet her. She was just the most lovable dog. There were many times when we'd be out walking and a small child would come over and pull on her hair. She never barked or tried to get away. Funny thing is she would smile. This frightened people because they thought she was showing her teeth. Far from the truth, she loved everyone. Question: What would Brownie do when someone was ill in the family? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Look at them sadly.\n- Keep them company.\n- Play games with them.\n- Touch them gently.\n\nAnswer: Keep them company.\n\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- She went to make breakfast.\n- He told her all his plans.\n- She asked him about his plans\n- He went to sleep\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Father was in the army all through the First World War, so up to the age of five, I never saw much of him, and what I saw did not worry me. Sometimes I woke and there was a big figure looking down at me. Sometimes in the early morning I heard the closing of the front door and the sound of shoes walking down. These were father's entrances and exits. Each time he went away, he left me lots of presents--model tanks, knives and all sorts of military equipment which he put in a long box. When he was not there, mother let me get a chair and search through his treasures. She did not seem to think so highly of them as he did. The war was the most peaceful period of my life. Every morning I awoke as soon as it was light and felt myself to be like the sun. Life never seemed so simple and clear and full of possibilities as then. I got up, went into mother's room and climbed into the big bed. She woke and I began to tell her of my plans. I talked but then fell asleep and woke again only when I heard her below in the kitchen, making the breakfast. I often wondered what mother and I should do all day and what present I would get for Christmas. There was that little problem of the baby, for example. Mother and I could never agree about that. Ours was the only house in the street without a new baby, and mother said we could not buy one until father came back from the war as they were very expensive. That showed how simple she was. The Geneys who lived nearby had a baby, and everybody knew that they had hardly any money at all. Maybe it was a cheap baby, and mother wanted something really good, but I felt this did not really matter. The Geneys' baby would have been fine for us. Question: What happened as soon as he writer got into his mother's bed? Answer:\nAnswer: He told her all his plans.\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: To Whom It May Concern: Your address was forwarded to us by How to Magazine.All of us here think The International Institute of Not Doing Much is the best organization in the world.You know how to avoid unnecessary activities! As a matter of fact, we closely followed the advice in your article.First, we replaced all our telephones with carrier pigeons.Simply removing the jingle of telephones and replacing them with the pleasant sounds of birds has had a remarkable effect on everyone.Besides, birds are cheaper than telephone service.After all, we are a business.We have to think of the bottom line.As a side benefit, the birds also fertilize the lawn outside the new employees' sauna . Next, we sold the computers off to Stab, Grab, Grit, and Nasty, a firm of lawyers nearby.Our electricity bill went way down.Big savings! The boss is impressed.We have completely embraced paper technology.Now that we all use pencils, doodling is on the increase, and the quality of pencil woman ship is impressive, as you can tell from my handwriting in this letter.By the way, if you can, please send this letter back to us.We can erase and reuse it.Just tie it to Maggie's leg and she'll know where to take it. Now it's very calm and quiet here.You can notice the difference.No more loud chatter on the telephones! All we hear is the scratching of pencil on paper, the sound of pigeons, and the delivery of inter-office correspondence by paper airplane. Wonderful! I've always wanted to work for an insurance company ever since I was a little girl.Now it's perfect. Sincerely yours, Eleanor Lightly Spokeswoman and Company Hair Stylist ABC Activity Insurance: insure against overdoing it Question: Which of the following best describes the life the author is leading? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- A simple, slow-paced life.\n- A life of hard work and security.\n- A religious, peasant-like life.\n- A life away from paper and pencils.\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A simple, slow-paced life.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Denmark is one of the happiest nations on earth with some of the best quality of life. You don't need statistics to understand the Dane's happy lot. Walk around any Danish town and you'll experience some of the most harmonious civic spaces anywhere. Their intimate scales and perfect transport systems combine the rich history and bold modern lines of the built environment to delight the eye, and the locals' manners and sense of humor is refreshing. Denmark's capital Copenhagen is a remarkable city with well-preserved medieval streets, renowned art galleries, Michelin-starred restaurants and a healthy business center. Finding something to do is never a problem and if all else fails, just admiring the streets with a hotdog in hand is an enjoyable way to spend a few hours . Beyond the capital and the bigger cities, Denmark offers a mix of lively towns such as Ribe and Odense plus rural countryside, medieval churches , Renaissance castles and tidy 18th-century villages. The coastline of Denmark with its sand dunes and greenery is a sight that always attracts visitors. So, no matter what time of year you're in Denmark, you shouldn't miss out on a trip to the nearest beach . It's hard , in short , to find fault with the place. The visitor's most heartfelt complaint is usually the cost of visiting Denmark. True, it is not a cheap destination , but no more so than the UK, and which nation's public transport system would you rather use? Cheer yourself up by thinking of the country's remarkable organization and clockwork railway timetable as being financed by the extremely high taxes paid by your hosts. When viewed in this way , this first-rate destination seems like good value, and you get the fairy tales thrown in for free: the Danish royal family is genuinely loved and respected by the vast majority of its citizens, not least handsome Prince Frederik , his beautiful Australian-born princess-bride, Mar, and their young family. Question: How does the passage mainly develop ? Options: A: By providing examples. B: By making comparisons. C: By giving descriptions. D: By following time order.\nAns: C\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The British coloney of Bermude is a top summertime escape. Yet, even through October, Bermuda isn't ready to stop for the winter. During this month, world-class festivals on teh island keep things lively and the weather remains comfortable enough for Bermuda shorts and bathing suits. In October, Bermuda hosts two major festivals--the Bermuda Music Festival and the Bermuda Culinary Arts Festival. The 10thanniversary Bermuda Music Festival begins October 5 and features three days of performances at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Bermuda's West End. Featured main stage performers include Joss Stone, Pattie Labelle, and Al Green, and a second stage spotlights local Bermudian artists. General admission tickets start at $60 for on e day or $160 for a three-day pass. Starting October 21, the Culinary Arts Festival brings some of North America's top chefs to the island for four days of food and wine tastings, conferences and cooking competitions. Participating chefs include Todd English and Michael Lomonaco, among others. Three-day festival passes start at $649 per person, but you can also buy separate tickets for individual events. Even if you don't attend one of the festivals, there's still plenty to do. With mostly sunny days and temperatures averaging aroung 79 degrees, the weather is just right for participating in Bermuda's two favorite pastimes--golf and tennis. With fewer visitors on the island than during the summer, you may have an easier time getting the best times or a spot on the courts. It's also still warm enough to enjoy the island's pink sand beaches and go swimming, because the water keeps the summer's heat longer than the air. Of course, you can always shop in the city of Hamilton's upscale small goods arts and crafts shops. Question: According to the text which of the following statements is true? Options: A: In winter travelers can't swim in the sea. B: Bermuda is an island controlled by the UK. C: The two festivals fall on the same period of October. D: Bermuda's two major festivals in October are mainly for the British.\nAns: B\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The human body is an amazing and complex machine. It is very tough, and we usually recover from illness or injury on our own, without the help of a doctor. But what happens when we need medical treatment? In the past, some people went to a clinic or hospital to see a medical doctor. Other people trusted ancient traditions and chose treatments such as herbal medicine or acupuncture . These two types of medicine----one modern and Western and the other ancient and Eastern----used to have nothing to do with each other. In recent years, however, people around the world have begun to recognize and accept both modern medical science and more traditional therapies. This new kind of medicine can be called integrative medicine (because it integrates, or combines, different types of medicine), or complementary medicine. Some of the principles of this type of medicine include preventing illness by helping people stay healthy, integrating different types of therapies according to the needs of each patient, and considering the health of the whole person rather than concentrating on a particular illness or injury. One health maintenance organization (HMO) in Madison, Wisconsin, has opened its Complementary Medicine and Wellness Center. At the center, HMO members are offered a variety of services. If you are suffering a sore back, try some massage treatments to relax your muscles and encourage the flow of healing energy in your body. If you have allergies or asthma, you could try homeopathy, which uses tiny amounts of allergens to stimulate your body's natural immune response. And if you're not ill, but just want to improve your strength and focus your mind, try a tai chi or yoga class. Patients who use these complementary medicine services appreciate having an alternative to surgery or to drugs and their side effects. They also enjoy activities and therapies that make them feel better even if they're not sick. And from the financial point of view of the HMO, preventing illness whenever possible is much less expensive than... Question: The article is about _ . Options: A: Western medicine B: acupuncture and herbal medicine C: advances in medical technology D: integrative medicine\nAns: D\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: More than half of teachers in a UK survey said they thought _ from the Internet is a problem. Some students who steal essays wholly from the Web, they said, are so lazy they don't even bother to take the ads off the cut-and-pasted text. 58 percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lectures(ALT) questionnaire had come across plagiarism among their pupils. Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said pieces handed in by two students were the same and significantly better than either of them could have done.\" \"Not only that, the essays given in didn't quite answer the title question I had set.\" A teacher from Leeds said, \" I had one piece of work so obviously 'cut and pasted' that it still contained ads from the Web page\" Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College, Stockton, said, \" With less able students, it is easy to spot plagiarism as the writing style changes mid-assignment, but with more able students, it is sometimes necessary for teachers to carry out Internet research to find out the source of the plagiarism.\" Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ALT, said, \"Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student's own or plagiarism.\" She called for strong policies to oppose plagiarism, and asked for help from the government in providing resources and techniques to delete cheats. Question: According to Mary Bousted, we can learn that _ . Options: A: the government doesn't complete its duty to stop plagiarism B: it's very easy for teachers to spot plagiarism C: plagiarism causes the teachers great trouble D: only the government can find cheats\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: In a living statue, just as the name implies, somebody transforms himself or herself into a statue. Last year, I came across an article in a magazine describing living statues in the streets of some Australian cities. The article was vividly written, except that there was not even a single picture; one could only imagine what a scene it would have been! All the harder, then, to believe that I ran into the \"wonder\" in prefix = st1 /Barcelonathis year. The performers - the living statues - were street artists at Las Ramblas. Las Ramblas is the most famous street in Barcelona. Especially in summer, thousands of tourists go to the seaside by passing through this street, making it a center of shops and bazaars. Not only can you find tourists there, but also thieves, cheats, cops...among whom the living statue artists are the most special group. They were covered with greasepaint in different color1s, wearing season - disproportional clothes, standing on a pedestal for several hours without making even a single move. Are they real or _ , the guests were wondering...and then suddenly the statues came to life, just for a few seconds to shift positions. But the movement of the statues seemed like someone just had breathed life into them. They really do look like statues, and that's how they got their name. Usually there is a jar or a hat in front of them. They would change to another pose whenever some tourist puts a coin in the hat. You may take photos after giving a Euro, or even less, but be careful not to touch the statues, unless you want yourself to be covered in paint. It's a really special experience, don't you think? Question: We can infer from this passage that Las Ramblas is_. - very famous in Barcelona - near the seaside - a shopping center - the writer's \"wonder\"\n**Answer**\nnear the seaside\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Food for Italians isn't a trend; it's a way of life. Italians live to eat, and the importance of food in family life is absolutely important and deep-rooted in everyday routines. In Italy, kids are encouraged to be part of every social occasion that revolves around food -- it's not about dividing the children from the adults, giving them separate meals or putting them to bed early. In Britain, by contrast, my sister and I often see children eating separate meals from their parents. Letting children experience food like an Italian will develop not just their palate but also their social skills, manners, teaching them new and mature ways to interact. Here are some food customs that are part of every Italian child's upbringing. One of the most celebrated Italian food customs is the morning coffee. Coffee shops and bars have customers streaming in and out of them each morning as the Italians get their daily dose-and this habit is just as much about the social setting as it is about the coffee. While the morning is all about coffee, pre-lunch or dinner, it's all about the local snacks. Most often, Italian city centres and squares are jam packed with locals who come out with their kids to enjoy this pre-dinner treat, and children are encouraged to enjoy snacks available. This is a brilliant way to get kids to try new tastes without the pressures of meal times. It's important to note that \"kids' menus\" do not exist in Italian restaurants--children are treated like adults and are offered plates from the main menu -- in smaller amounts, if they're young. Post-lunch, most cities can seem quite deserted. But by 4 p.m. onwards, the crowds start to re-emerge. One by one, families spill out and the streets liven up. Everyone begins their afternoon stroll, enjoying the afternoon snacks, like ice-cream, which turns over a huge trade in Italy. Question: What do we know about the pre-dinner treat in Italy? - It is most often about coffee. - It can get children to experience new foods with ease. - It is unavailable in city centres and squares. - It can reduce the pressure of meal times.\n**Answer**\nIt can get children to experience new foods with ease.\n\n*Question*\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Neddine Parker is up by 7 in the morning. After her morning exercises and some housework, she drives to the local hospital, where she volunteers once a week. What makes Parker's routine so extraordinary is that she is 104 years old. \"I don't know why I'm still here,\" she said. Dr. Thomas Perls of the Boston University Medical Center is trying to figure that out. As the director of the New England Centenarian Study, he studies there \"super humans\", those age 100 years and older. \"It's like winning the lottery\", he said. \"You've got to choose the right numbers and the right combination.\" Researchers believe about 30 percent of aging is genetic. For those who get to extremely old ages, family history may play an even more important role. Reuben Landau's mother lived to 100, and three of his brothers and sisters into their 90s. Landau is nearly 102, and he still practices law a few hours every day. Both Landau and Parker are remarkably healthy. They take few medications and have no major illness. Perls has found that many centenarians lack a type of gene -- E4 -- that is associated with an increased risk of heart disease. One study found the gene is in 29 percent of young men, but only 15 percent of centenarians. Perls also believes they may have a \"protective gene\", one that helps them survive what might kill others. Parker, for example, smoked until she was 100 and had a stroke at 89. However, living into your 100s isn't just genetics. Aging successfully has much to do with environment and behavior. Landau watches what he eats and exercises his body and mind every day. He's convinced it's why he's still in good health. \"People still have to do the right things to get to very old age,\" said Perls. So it's not just the cards you're dealt, but how you play the hand. Question: Why are Landau and Parker remarkably healthy according to the research? - Because they are remarkably active in mind. - Because they lack a gene linked to illness. - Because they are fond of social work. - Because they enjoy sports and housework.\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Because they lack a gene linked to illness.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: One year ago Bertha and Grace became close friends at a college in Dartmouth. One day, Bertha said that her aunt Margaret had invited her to spend the summer holiday with her. And they would have picnics and parties as well. But Grace told Bertha that she planned to stay in Clarkman's bookstore until the new term began. Grace had to do something to feed herself because her parents died many years ago. Bertha watched her friend's pale face. Just then she got a good idea. The next day when Grace came back, Bertha showed her an invitation letter from her aunt Margaret. \"Grace, would you like to spend your holiday with us? I will help you find a part-time job in our town.\" Grace cried after reading it. \"Grace, please spend the holiday with me, or Margaret will be disappointed . I want you to be happy,\" Bertha said. The holiday quickly passed by, and finally one letter from Margaret came to Bertha. \"Bertha, Grace is the sweetest girl in the world, and I am very grateful to you for sending her here.\"\nAns: Question: Margaret was Bertha's _ according to the passage.Options:A auntB grandmotherC motherD teacherAnswer:A\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: It's not just women who wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called a kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition . A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees . It has checks on it with different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson. Rawlinson had a lot of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing _ their work. So he cut their long clothes into a shorter skirt. Today, most Scotsmen see kilts as formal dresses. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day. Scots also wear kilts in parades when they play their traditional musical instrument : bagpipes . The army still has kilts as the dress uniform , but they no longer wear them to fight .\nAns: Question: In Scotland, different families have different _ .Options:A colorsB checksC rulesD shapesAnswer:A\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Michael Jordan was born on February17,1963,in Brooklyn ,New York . Jordan is the fourth of the five children in his family .His family moved to North Carolina when he was just a baby .As a young boy , his favourite sport was baseball ,but soon he found that he could play basketball as well .At the age of 17, he began to show people just how talented ( )he really was .Throughout his basketball career ( ) , Michael Jordan has won many scoring titles ( ) .many boys and girls look up to Michael Jordan as their hero .Do you know he was a hero ,too , when he was growing up ? He looks up to his older brother ,Larry , Michael Jordan , a basketball superstar , is not just a star on the basketball court .He also works hard to raise money for many children's charities( ) . He encourages children to develop their talents by practice , practice and practice !\nAns: Question: At first ,he played _ instead of basketball .Options:A footballB baseballC tennisD volleyballAnswer:B\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Shopping on the Internet is becoming more and more popular. Why do people use the Internet to shop? Some people say it is more convenient. They don't have to leave their homes to order something; they can shop for anything they want at any time; they can find things for sale that they can't find in the Mores near their homes. Still other people say they can find better prices on the Internet. If you want to buy something on the Internet, you need a credit card. You have to type your credit card number and information on the website and send them to the store over the Internet. You have to be sure that the store will not use your information in the wrong way. You don't want someone to get your credit card number, so be careful with it, because people sometimes steal credit card numbers from stores. TV Internet is also a good place to go window-shopping. Window-shopping is when you look at the things for sale in a store, but don't plan to buy anything. In window-shopping you can see what kinds of things you are able to get and how much they cost. Some stores like Ross Stores have a website for information about their Mores, but not for shopping. Some stores have a website for information about their stores, and you can shop on line there, such as Office Depot, Payless Shoe Source and Safeway. Some stores like Amazone.com are only for on line shopping\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ans: Question: Why should we be careful with our credit card number?Options:A Because it will be changed.B Because the store will not use your information.C Because we can not use your credit card when shopping.D Because people sometimes steal credit card numbers.Answer:D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Teenager Jake Deham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis.His family didn't know that he had a problem.They kept on skiing.When they got to the foot of the mountain,there was no sign of Jake. Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere.In the end,he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.But he couldn't work out the right way to go. It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety.He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures.But Jake kept calm .At home,Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations.He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow.He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it.Outside his hole,the temperature fell to a dangerous-15degCthat night,but inside it Jake was safe from the cold. But he had to get down the mountain.The TV programmes always said,\"If you are lost,you should find someone else's tracks through the snow and follow them.\"\"I wanted to live my life.\"remembers Jake.\"So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.\"He walked and walked and finally he saw lights.Nine hours after he lost his ski,he found a team of worker who came to save him.He was safe! His mum was very happy when she heard the news.Amazingly,Jake didn't even have to go to hospital.He got through the terrible experience without any injuries. So,the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time,think of Jake.Sometimes TV can save your life! Options: A polite and hardworking B calm and clever C outgoing and helpful D warm and friendly. Answer: B calm and clever Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: Facing the difficulties,Jake Denham was. _\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job. So Daniel, what's it like to be a shark scientist? Well, it's a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don't usually get paid a lot. What qualities do you need to become a shark scientist? Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient . They also have to be quite brave! So do you think it's a dangerous job? Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport! How do you become a shark scientist? A shark scientist usually studies _ or _ at university. It's also good to get some work experience in an aquarium . In my opinion, I have the best job in the world! Options: A One B Two C Three D Four Answer: D Four Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: _ questions were asked about Daniel's unusual job.\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Dear Uncle Horton, We just want to let you know what a great weekend we had with you while we were in Boise. You are a fantastic guide and it was so nice of you to have taken us out for a tour of the city. The sights were beautiful and our two girls loved the Discovery Centre very much. They are still talking about it. We are not sure when we'll meet again, but we hope it won't be too long. Please let us know of any plans you might have to visit New York. We would love you to visit us and we hope to have the pleasure of taking you around New York City. Thanks again for a truly great weekend. Much love, Dick and Kate Dear.Mum, Happy Mother's Day! Since I have my own kid, I have got to know how hard mothering is. Thank you for being so patient with me through my ups and downs. I hope I can be as good a mother to Lily as you are to me. Thanks for being such a good mum. Whether you come to visit me or we talk on the phone, l always feel we're so close. You're always my best friend. I hope you know how much I love you! Helen ,. Options: A six B seven C four D five Answer: C four Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: There are at least _ people in Dick's family.\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Once Mr King had a cat, and he loved it very much. He called it \"Sky\", because he thought \"Sky\" was the strongest name in the world. One day he had a meal at a restaurant with his cat. He met his old friend. He told him about his lovely cat and its name. His friend said, \"How foolish you are! Sky is not the strongest thing in the world. My cat is called 'Cloud' because cloud is stronger than sky.\" After hearing this, Mr King called his cat \"Wind\" because he thought wind was stronger than cloud. After a few days he suddenly thought that \"Wall\" was stronger than wind. And \"Mouse \" was stronger than wall. So he went to his friend to ask for an idea. His friend said, \"Don't you think 'Cat' is stronger than mouse?\" \"Yes, but...\" The man thought and thought and then decided his cat's name had better be \"Cat\" because a mouse was always afraid of a cat. Don't you think Mr King is very silly or funny? Options: A Mouse B Wall C Cloud D Cat Answer: D Cat Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "He decided his cat's last name was _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Television, which made its first serious appearance in 1939, did not become common until the early 1950s. Since then, millions of children have grown up in front of the set, and many people now worry about the effect that TV has on the young, and on society in general. Educators, psychologists, and crime experts wonder if television should be abolished . Many ordinary parents wish it had never been invented. Why are they so afraid? Is television as harmful as they think it is? Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its inventors for the joy and interest that they have brought into the lives of the old, the sick, and the lonely -- all those who, without it, would have no pleasure and no window on the world. In truth, television has opened windows in everybody's life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so clearly what was happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV not only gives the news instantly, it also shows it in pictures more powerful than words. It can be said that TV has brought reality to the public. Millions of people now have seen the effects of a battle, a flood, a fire, a crime, disasters of every sort on the screen. Unfortunately, television's influence has been extremely harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows present an unreal world. They want to imitate what they see. They do believe that the violence they see is normal and acceptable. By the time they are out of high school, most young people have watched about 15,000 hours of television, and have seen about 18,000 killings or other acts of violence. All educators and psychologists agree that the \"television generations\" are more violent than their parents and grandparents, According to the same experts, the young are also less patient. Used to TV shows, where everything is quick and entertaining, they do not have the patience to read an article without pictures; to read a book that requires thinking;... Options: A Educators. B Crime experts. C The old and the lonely. D The children and their parents. Answer: C The old and the lonely. Question:\nAnswer: According to the author, who need TV most?\n\n\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: At the recent O&P Extremity Games, I had the opportunity to observe a new generation of athletes with disabilities who were skateboarding and rock climbing. These young people really showed the promise of how rewarding physical activities are! We disabled can - and should be -- as active as anyone else. When we get and stay active, we will feel better, be able to do more, have healthier bodies, and look better. It is a fact that exercise actually produces energy and builds on itself. The more we exercise, the fitter our bodies are, and thus the more energy we have to enjoy recreation and the pleasure of life. Not everyone is cut out to be a competitive athlete, but there are things that we can do to strengthen our physical well-being. Experts recommend that spending as little as 30 minutes each day on physical activities provides benefits including lower risk of heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes and other serious diseases. Taking steps to become physically fit does not have to mean acquiring expensive training equipment or a gym membership. Exercise can include simple walking and running, gardening, cleaning the house, swimming, tennis, bicycling (stationary or on the road) and so on. The key is to do it on a regular basis. Healthy lifestyles also require good nutritional habits. When choosing foods, nutritionists advise whole grains, flesh fruits and vegetables, fish, and lean cuts of poultry and meat. The benefits of drinking eight full glasses of water a day are also _ . Water provides the means for nutrients to travel to all our organs, improves skin tone , regulates body temperature and contributes to muscle strength and control, which is confirmed by scientists. Fitness results in completing the tasks of daily living, working a full day, and still having energy to participate in recreational activities. By being fit, you'll find that you enjoy recreational activities even more because you won't be tired or suffer from gore muscles. It is time, folks, to get moving.... Options: A disabled man B doctor C coach D athlete Answer: A disabled man Question:\n****\n[A]: The author is most probably a (n) _ .\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Jeremy Kerr, a researcher at the University of Ottawa in Canada, and his colleagues analyzed more than 400,000 observations of bumblebee species collected in North America and Europe from 1975 to 2010. When the researchers recorded the locations of these bee populations, they found that many of the 67 species analyzed were moving northward from their southern limits while the northern edges of the bees' ranges are staying in place. What it results in is obvious. Bees have been paid more attention to in recent years, with populations of honeybees and bumblebees obviously declining in some parts of Europe. Previously, attention on the decline of bee populations has focused on causes including habitat loss, pesticide use and the spread of bee parasites . But the work by Kerr's team found something different. \"For every species, there is one or two species declining and others that are not moving at all,\" says Kerr. This shift has also been observed in other species, such as butterflies. But due to a new cause -- the rise of temperatures instead of total pesticide use, a change in land use or parasites, bumblebees -- unlike butterflies -- have failed to extend the northern boundaries of their ranges into the territory that is now habitable for them, so bumblebee species across Europe and North America are declining rapidly, the latest study led by Kerr's team finds. \"Our data suggest that the new factor plays a leading, or perhaps the leading, role in this trend,\" says Kerr. \"This study shows that a fourth factor is also beginning to affect it. It is likely that the combined stresses from all of these pressures will have destructive impacts on bumblebees in the not-too-distant future,\" says Dave Goulson, a bee researcher at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Exactly what can be done to help bumblebees is not clear. Kerr's team suggests that relocating colonies might be an answer but Goulson says that because the insects are mobile they are capable of moving northwards if there is suitable habitat available. Options: A Relocating bumblebees isn't much good. B The findings of Kerr's study are doubtful. C The future of bumblebees is still promising. D Knowing bumblebees' living habits is the most urgent. Answer: A Relocating bumblebees isn't much good. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Which statement may Goulson agree with?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: You are given a new situation: Thomas and Alexander are freshman students in an introductory chemistry laboratory course at their local college. In this week's experiment, both Thomas and Alexander will be starting their experiments with liquid water. They both follow different experimental protocols, and at the end of the experiment Thomas discovers ice in his reaction flask, while Alexander discovers steam in his reaction flask. and a hint : As Figure above shows, the distance between particles is much smaller for the solid and liquid states than for the gas state. In the solid state, particles are fixed in place, while particles are more free to move in the liquid and gas states. The particles in the solid and liquid states “stick together,” but in the gas state, they move freely about the container. In general, it requires energy to separate individual particles. If we want to make a solid adopt a liquid form, we can add energy in the form of heat, increasing the temperature of the substance. Conversely, if we want to convert a substance from a gas to a liquid or from a liquid to a solid, we remove energy from the system and decrease the temperature. Pressure also plays an important role in changes of state, which will be discussed later on. We will study these difference in greater detail in the chapter States of Matter. Please answer this question : Which person removed energy over the course of their reaction?\n****\n[A]: Thomas\n\n\n[Q]: You are given a new situation: John and Mary were studying insects. John liked to study insects that never eat, while Mary decided to study insects that are very healthy eaters. and a hint : A few insects, such as mayflies and some moths, never eat. That’s because their lives are over in just a few hours or days. Once these insects become adults, they lay eggs, and then die. On the other hand, some insects are very healthy eaters. A silkworm eats enough leaves to increase its weight more than 4,000 times in just 56 days, as the silkworm increases in size about 10,000 times since birth. A locust eats its own weight in plants every day. Just imagine eating your own weight in food every day. You probably couldn't. You would most likely get very sick even if you tried. Please answer this question : Which person studied more about locusts?\n****\n[A]: Mary\n\n\n[Q]: You are given a new situation: Two groups of patients were under observation for heart disease. The Red group was composed of people with low cholesterol, while the Yellow group was comprised of people with very high cholesterol. and a hint : Cholesterol has been implicated in heart disease for decades. Atherosclerosis is a disorder of the arteries in which cholesterol and other materials are deposited on the interior of the arterial wall. These deposits lead to the formation of plaques that can restrict or even block the flow of blood through these blood vessels (see Figure below ). A decrease in the flow of blood can lead to high blood pressure and a lowered oxygen supply to the heart muscle. A complete blockage of blood flow to parts of the heart (a heart attack) can cause significant damage due to oxygen deprivation, in some cases leading to death. Please answer this question : Which group had fewer people with high blood pressure?\n****\n[A]: Red\n\n\n[Q]: You are given a new situation: Mary and Ann are mother and daughter. Mary is in her 70's while Ann is in her late 40's. They both work out regularly for improved health. Mary has been experiencing some health issues lately. and a hint : During late adulthood, the risk of developing diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer continues to rise. Most people also have a decline in strength and stamina. Their senses may start failing, and their reflex time typically increases. Their immune system also doesn’t work as well as it used to. As a result, common diseases like the flu may become more serious and even lead to death. The majority of late adults develop arthritis, and as many as one in four develop Alzheimer’s disease. Please answer this question : Which person is at a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease?\n****\n[A]:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ann", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: (Happy Children's Day!) Come and see the Indian elephants and the tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you. Tickets: Adults: Y=60, Children: free Time: June1-June2 9:00 a.m.-----7:00 p. m Keep the park clean! Do not touch, give food or go near the animals. Question: Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park. How much will the tickets be together? Options: A: Y=60 B: Y=120 C: Y=180 D: Y=24\nAns: B\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Imagine a world where air pollution is no longer a problem. Clean air is all around us. People don't have to worry about polluting the air every time they drive their cars. They no longer need to face the problem of not having enough fuel either. Although scientists have been trying for many years to develop a new kind of car that does not need gasoline , _ have been unsuccessful. Recently, however, car engineers have succeeded in creating a new kind of car that runs on gasoline and electricity . This is the famous \"hybrid car\". This car gets its name from the fact that it has a gasoline engine and an electric motor inside. Hybrid cars do not pollute the environment as much as the cars that are commonly used today. They also cost drivers less money because they need less fuel than ordinary cars. Hybrid cars are becoming widely popular in the United States. They are soon expected to become widely used around the world. If scientists and engineers continue to work on car development, perhaps the world with clean air that we imagined earlier just might become real in the future. Question: The passage tells us that with the development of cars, we may _ . Options: A: like electric cars B: drive cars easily C: live in the world with clean air D: understand how hybrid cars work\nAns: C\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A middle school organized a \"No TV Week\" program. All the teachers, parents and students worked together for this program and most of them found it to be a very good one. The headmaster said, \"The idea was not to stop watching TV _ but for the students just to find how much time they watch TV and try to use the time for other things.\" What did the students say about this \"No TV Week\"? One boy said, \"I can't believe I haven't watch TV for a week, but it's been fun doing it.\" A girl student said, \"I'm going to give up all TV program except for 'Our Animal World' and other language-teaching program. I'm really pleased that I have more time to do things like walking and thinking. I enjoy this 'No TV Week' very much...\" But not all the students thought it was good. Here one student Paul said something different, \"I don't like 'No TV Week' because I like watching TV. I have lots of favorite programs and I don't want to miss them. But we have to do it.\" Question: Maybe a (an) _ writes the passage. Options: A: policeman B: doctor C: actor D: reporter\nAns: D\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: According to a new survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection . Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens. Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No.25 Middle School and a self-protection expert , gives young students advice on how to deal with danger. If you are robbed Keep calm. If you can not cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later. If you are in a traffic accident If a car hurts you, you should remember the car number; if it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how badly you are hurt. If it is raining hard and there is lightning Don't stay in high places and keep away from trees. When there is a fire Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit . Do not take the lift! If someone is drowning If you can't swim, don't get into the water. Cry out for help. Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times! Question: If your house is on fire, you must _ . Options: A: putdrythingsonyourbody B: runquicklyandtakethelift C: runawayandfindanexitasquicklyasyoucan D: takeeverythingyouhaveandthenrunaway\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Not only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too. In Scotland , men wear a kilt - a kind of skirt. The kilt is their national dress. The kilt has checks and different colors, like red or blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors. How did the Scotsmen start to wear kilts. There is a story about it. Rawlinson had some workers from Scotland in his office and he thought their clothing _ their work. So he cut their clothes into a shorter skirt. Today, they usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. Only a few men wear a kilt every day. Scotsmen also wear kilts in big parties. The policemen still have skills as the dress uniforms, but they don't wear them to catch the thieves. Question: A kilt is _ . Options: A: a hat B: a shirt C: a skirt D: a sweater\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The high school diploma is losing its value quickly, as a growing number of students graduate from school without the math and reading skills that colleges and companies require, according to a new report. The high school graduation exams that most states require students to pass before they graduate remain far too easy. Most of the exams generally test eighth-or ninth-grade level work. Today, even high school graduates who are going to have blue-collar jobs need to study the math, research and writing courses. But in high school, only students who are going to college are now required to take these courses. \"If you want a good job with a good pay, it's a high-skill job,\" said Michael Cohen, a leading member of the America Diploma Project. The project suggests that all graduates master a wide range of skills. \"A high school diploma should mean something to a company and university,\" said Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, who is Achieve's co-chairman. In Taft's state, about 30% students who go directly to college from high school have to take _ of English or math, he said. It's easy to see that the present high-school graduating standards are not preparing students for college education. And with high-skilled jobs increasingly headed overseas to places like India and Ireland, states need to act, he said. To prove why math and reading skills matter, the report includes real-life examples of problems students meet in college and that workers must solve each day on the job. Some states are taking actions to upgrade the high school diploma. In Texas, all high school students, starting with the 2008 graduating class, will have to take the college-prep curriculum - unless a parent agrees to an easier course load. Other states are planning similar moves. The report includes examples of reading and math skills that high-school students should have. Project leaders say they hope parents will use those examples to judge the coursework at their kids' high schools. Question: What can be the best title for the passage? Options: A: High School Diploma Means Little B: Give Students More High-skill Jobs C: Math and Reading Skills Really Matter D: Judge Coursework at High Schools\n\nAns:A\n-----\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: One day, in an English class, the students are having their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman is very happy. She sings some nice songs with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes \"SMILES\" on it. \"This is the longest word in English,\" she says to the class. A girl stands up and says, \"It has only six letters. How can it be the longest word in English?\"The teacher smiles and says, \"Oh, look! There is a mile between the first letter and the last one.\" Question: What does the teacher write on the blackboard? Options: A: A letter. B: A word. C: A song. D: Her name.\n\nAns:B\n-----\nQues:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Sports can help us a lot. Taking exercise can make us strong. In collectivesports like basketball,volleyball or football,wewill learn the importance of cooperation. And sports can also help us relax after work or study. However,as the saying goes,\"There are two sides of everything. \"Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participatingin sports activities. What's more,too much or hard practice can be bad for our health. Sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically. It is also a good way for people to know each other and can improve friendship between people. So long as we are careful enough,sports can do us nothing but good. Question: The best title for this passage can be\" _ \". Options: A: Sports and health B: Everybody must do sports C: Sports are nothing to people D: No one likes sports\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Browser extension bans NFL's most controversial name from your Internet\nIt's no secret that the NFL's Washington Redskins have a controversial, if not downright racist, name that many agree doesn't belong in pro sports or anywhere else.\n\nWashington owner Daniel Snyder has steadfastly refused to change the name, however, and the NFL seems disinclined to put any pressure on him to do so. But — thanks to a trio of creative digitally-minded activists — you can now ban the nickname from your own web browsing experience.\n\nThe extension is called the Redskins Web Skin, and it changes the Washington team's nickname to what its creators call \"a more dignified term.\" Options include the Washington Athletes, the Washington Thanksgiving Originators and the Washington Americans. The extension is ready to download for Chrome; Safari and Firefox versions are coming soon, they say.\n\nWe gave it a spin; it's a pretty nifty and cheeky bit of subversion. Here, for example, is how a tweet from the team's official Twitter account looks after installing the web skin.\n\nThe Chrome extension was built over the course of a few days by Patricia Yee, Brett Lareau, and Eric Schlakman.\n\nIn an email to Mashable, they described their moment of inspiration like this: \"We were wondering if the Redskins were playing on Thanksgiving, and then realized how absurdly racist our conversation sounded. It was like we were in 1614, not 2014. That was the moment we decided we could do something about replacing the name — at least on the web.\"\n\nYou can download the extension here and follow the project on Twitter here.\nPlease write a summary below.\nA simple browser extension means you'll never have to see the NFL's most racist team nickname on your Internet again.\n\n\nQ: U.N. Warns that 90% of World's Fish Stock Is Fully or Overly Fished\n\nDespite efforts to cull overfishing, the state of the world’s fish population in the oceans has not improved.\n\nThat’s according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in its biannual report, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture.\n\nThe authors noted that fish is essential to the diet of many populations. It accounts for about 17% of the world’s protein, and 50% of the protein consumed in many the world’s least-developed countries.\n\nAnd humans have been eating more fish in recent years. That surge in demand led to 31% of ocean life to be overfished in 2013—meaning the populations are being hauled away faster than they can reproduce. About 58.1% of fish stocks are on the cusp of entering the endangered category.\n\nProduction is set to increase about 17% by 2025, as compared to 2013 through 2015 levels. But that still won’t keep up with demand. Consumption over the next decade is expected to outpace that, rising 21%.\n\nThough there may be a saving grace.\n\n“Surging demand for fish and fishery products will mainly be met by growth in supply from aquaculture production,” the report stated, referring to farmed fish, a sector that is expected to expand by 39% by 2025.\n\nAquaculture production will also grow more strongly for freshwater fish—meaning consumers could expect lower prices on shrimp, carp, salmon, bivalves, tilapia, and catfish at their local grocery stores in the future.\nWhat are the most important parts of this text?\n\nA: Though fish such as carp, salmon, and tilapia may get cheaper.\n\n\nNascar star Tony Stewart 'emotional' but ready to return to the track\n\nThe Nascar driver Tony Stewart, who earlier this month hit and killed a fellow driver during a sprint car race in New York state, on Friday released a statement ahead of his return to the track.\n\nAt a press conference held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, where he will race this weekend, Stewart said he was ready to compete, three weeks after his car struck and killed Kevin Ward, 20, after their cars collided on a bend at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park. Ward left his car and walked down the race track, apparently in an attempt to confront Stewart, but was hit by his car and killed.\n\nIn Atlanta, Stewart said Ward’s death would “affect my life forever”.\n\n“I’ve taken the last couple of weeks off out of respect for Kevin and his family and also to cope with the accident in my own way,” he said. “It’s given me the time to think about life and how easy it is to take it for granted. I miss my team, my team-mates and I miss being back in the race car and I think being back in the car this week with my racing family will help me get through this difficult time.”\n\nStewart, who has won Nascar’s Sprint Series Cup three times, has missed three races. On Thursday the Nascar executive vice president, Steve O’Donnell, said: “Tony Stewart has received all the necessary clearances required to return to all racing activities and therefore is eligible to compete this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway.\n\n“Nascar has remained in constant contact with his race team and we will stay very close to this situation as Stewart returns to competition.”\n\nOn 11 August police said an investigation into Ward’s death had found no evidence of criminal conduct. The investigation is ongoing.\n\nIn Atlanta, Stewart said he could not answer questions about the incident and left the news conference after reading a short statement.\n\nStewart-Haas Racing executive vice president Brett Frood said it was “100%” Stewart’s decision to race.\n\n“Tony has sent the family flowers and a card around the services, aside from that, he has been very respectful of their time to grieve,” Frood said. “It is very important to Tony to spend time with the family ... but [he] is being respectful.”\n\nSince Ward’s death, Nascar has implemented a rule prohibiting drivers from getting out of crashed or disabled vehicles, unless they are on fire, until safety personnel arrive.\n\nSummary: Nascar driver will compete at Atlanta Motor Speedway three weeks after his car struck and killed Kevin Ward, 20\n\n\nA tree cathedral grows in Italy : Arts & Architecture, Italy\n\nItaly's Cattedrale Vegetale uses trees and branches to create a cathedral-like structure at the base of Mount Arera. (Pava)\n\nEurope’s churches may be masterpieces, but one cathedral in Italy has traded stone for saplings to make a place of worship that’s both divine and down-to-earth.\n\nLocated in Bergamo in northern Italy, the Cattedrale Vegetale (the Green or Plant Cathedral) uses trees and branches to create a cathedral-like structure at the base of Mount Arera. The five-aisle basilica gets its structure from 42 columns, formed by weaving more than 600 chestnut and hazel branches around 1,800 fir tree poles, the branches curving at the top to form the arches.\n\nSince these man-made columns will eventually deteriorate, a single beech tree has been planted inside each column. After several years, the trees will eventually outgrow the structure, creating a completely natural wall and roof. The frame was completed in 2010 as part of the United Nations’ International Year of Biodiversity, but beech trees take decades to fully mature, so the 650sqmetre cathedral remains an evolving structure.\n\nCattedrale Vegetale is one of the most impressive and structured tree cathedrals in the world, but it is not the first of its kind. The cathedral’s artist/architect Giuliano Mauri built a similar structure in Valsugana, Italy in 2002, as part of Arte Sella, an exhibition of environmental and natural art. In the United Kingdom, the Whipsnade Tree Cathedral in Bedfordshire was planted in 1932 as a response to World War I, and the Cathedral of Trees was created in Milton Keynes following the same design as Norwich Cathedral in Britain’s east.\n\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Located in Bergamo in northern Italy, the Cattedrale Vegetale uses trees and branches to create a cathedral-like structure at the base of Mount Arera.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: So how bad does it have to be to throw away the remaining free-included new car services? Pretty bad. I made an appointment online for a free tire rotation and \"inspection\". The \"Assistant Service Manager\" was long on ass but short on service. He seemed never to have been near a car before. He did not know how to get the odometer off trip to total miles. Oh yeah, they had no record of my service appointment even though they had emailed me confirmation. Two hours later, to do a tire rotation I can do in my drive way in 30 minutes, the upsell began. While being careful not to say my car had any problem at all, they said based on miles I \"need\" an alignment (with perfect tire wear?) and a balancing and a cabin air filter. All for the fun price of $235 plus taxes. Well, it doesn't need an alignment at $85 and $50 for balancing is ridiculous and not needed (gee, Costco does that for free when you buy tires there so guess where I'm going) and the $55 for the air filter is a total ripoff. I priced it out at Pep Boys at $10.99. For even more fun, they could not find my key and spent 15 minutes trying to find it so I could get out of there. The phrase \"Incompetent Wankers\" comes to mind. I'm not letting these clowns near my car again. I'll scrub the next free oil change and do it myself along with tire rotations. One last thing. The list of services performed states they cleaned the cabin air filter. I just pulled it and it was never touched. I blew out bits of desert plant flower petals. I can conclude they didn't do a damn thing to my car today.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: We booked a room here over the Internet after seeing a few pictures and knowing that it was on the strip. The rate was 60 dollars. After checking in Jessica screamed after seeing a cockroach in the bathroom. I tried calling the front office but the phone didn't work. I walked over and we waited for a maintenance guy who was nice. He sprayed raid in the bathroom and we stuffed towels underneath the sink. After coming back I got the guy to take 10 off the bill. The \"continental breakfast\" was just coffee. We also found a cigar butt in the bathroom and it was a non smoking room. To top it off a taxi driver told us the hotel was frequently used by prostitutes... He advised us to not book a hotel ahead of time and just look for deals at casinos trying to fill empty rooms. We complained over the phone next day and they reduced the price to 30. That's the only reason they get a star.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: For what it is, Steiners is a great place for breakfast, lunch and dinner - oops, I forgot cocktails! However, if you are a vegan, don't go here, unless onion rings fit the bill. We came in for breakfast and had a hearty egg, sausage, and hash browns, for a reasonable price. The food was very good. The staff was quick, friendly and efficient. The surroundings are dark, but comfortable and clean.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput: OK... first off.. the owners and employees are VERY nice and super informative. They are proud of what they make and sell. I like that. Second.. the dessert pops are some of the best sweets I have ever eaten. I have tried the fruit pops and the dessert pops, and the dessert pops win hands down. All of their frozen treats are top-notch. Dense, rich and obviously made with love. The fruit pops make me smile, and feel like I am treating myself and being healthy at the same time.... BORING! No .. just kidding. Fruit pops have their place in the world. OK.. back to the dessert pops. I can't say which one of these flavors are my favorite: German Chocolate (every single bite is full of chocolate pecan coconut YUM) Strawberry Shortcake (probably a seasonal flavor... I'm not even sure that's what it's called ... but it's DIVINE!) and... drum roll please... BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE. This one is probably my favorite treat of all time. I don't say this lightly folks. I pride myself a sweets fanatic... the richer and creamier the better. This concoction of delight is pure dessert perfection. It has a creamy base that is tangy sweet.. just like cheesecake should be. Then you run into blueberry after blueberry... and big generous chunks of graham cracker crust. It makes my toes curl just thinking about it. 'Nuf said for now. Gonna review them more on my blog :-) LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: Inside the mekong palace there is a separate area to the side that is actually a small Hot Pot restaurant. While the restaurant area is fairly small they made it very functional, each table has two burners built so that everyone can have their own broth. They had a great selection of food to choose from (from your typical sliced beef to razor clams) after you order you walk to the front and they have a table that is just for all of the sauces you can mix yourself. They gave you so many options and it was nice to be able to make more than just one sauce. The meal turned out great and the service was good Overall I was pretty impressed, it reminded me of having a family dinner at my mother in-law's house. So if you are looking for a good place to enjoy hot pot without all the troubles of doing at home but just as good make sure you check this place out.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The frozen hot chocolate is nothing spectacular. Truly people, probably not worth wasting money at one of the strip's subpar restaurants when there are plenty of other delicious places to eat. I waited well over an hour (without complaints, as I figured I would and the surrounding area is nice) and unfortunately was seated in the VERY loud, VERY dirty, and for some reason, not-so-packed inside. There were empty tables everywhere, so I'm not so sure what we were kept waiting for? This place just seems like a glorified Sweet 16 venue and not much else. As 3, 20-somethings looking for (and expecting, based on reviews) a decent place to eat with a little funky ambiance, I felt more like what I was sitting in was a Chuck E Cheese, serving Applebees' entrees. As for the beloved frozen hot chocolate, you can get the EXACT SAME quality at a Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins. Is it worth a try? Not really......maybe if you're looking for a place to treat your kids to dinner and dessert and the line at McDonald's was too long.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The day was like any other day in his life, Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday. He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew she would give him anything he liked if she could. But he also knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair . He noticed that the boy moved the wheel with his hands. Tom looked at him carefully and was surprised to see the boy have no feet. He looked at his own feet. \"It's much better to be without shoes than without feet, \"he thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was happier Question: The pair of shoes he liked was _ . - too expensive - quite cheap - not there - not sold yet\nnot sold yet\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: My name is Lily. This is my classroom. There are 40 desks, 40 chairs, a bookcase, a computer and a teacher's desk in it. It has two green doors and four windows. There's a clock and a map on the wall . Look, that is Kate. She is my friend. A red bag, three black pens and four green pencils are on her desk. My favourite day is Saturday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays. Question: How many pencils are there on the desk? - Three - Two. - One - Four.\nFour.\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: I had never really liked reading and thought it was a waste of time. But once my teacher told our class to go to the library and find our favorite books. I love basketball, so I picked out a basketball book. It was called \"Hoops\" by Water Dean Myers. It is a good novel, and suitable for basketball lovers. This story is about a high school ball player named Lonnie. Lonnie lives in a poor family in Harlem, New York. He is a good basketball player and dreams of playing basketball in college, and of course in the NBA. When Cal, his new coach, walks into his life, he just wants to keep away from him. But at last they become friends and face many challenges together. I am now reading more of Walter Dean Myers' books. A lot of his books are about growing up in Harlem, just like he did. However, I like \"Hoops\" best. From Lonnie, you will learn that the people around you really affect who you are, and how much it helps to have the support of family and friends in your life. This book also makes me think about how hard it would be to grow up in a rough neighborhood. I have realized that we must believe in ourselves when life gets hard. I have learned a lot from this book, and I think anyone will learn much after reading it. It is a good story, and I really suggest that everyone read it. I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I do. Question: \"Hoops\" is a book about _ . - the NBA - college life - growing up - having a hobby\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "growing up", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Relying on an animal to come by is risky. A flower may have to wait a long time for the right animals to come by. What if one never passes close enough to the flower? Hoping the wind will blow is also risky for a plant. What if the wind does not blow? What if the blowing pollen does not land on another flower? The wind could even blow the pollen over the ocean where it is wasted. Giving free nectar is costly. It is not a good use of the plants energy. A plant uses a lot of energy to produce nectar. Some animals may just drink the nectar. They may not carry off any pollen in return. To improve their chances, plants evolved special traits. For example, they developed ways to hide their nectar. Only certain animals were able to get at the plants hidden nectar. These specific animals might be more likely to visit only flowers of the same species. This was also a benefit for some animals. Animals also evolved special traits to get to the nectar. \n\nQuestion: \"What are ways of transferring pollen?\"\n\nAnswer: \"Direct contact\"\n\nOPTIONS:\n- no\n- yes\nAnswer: yes\n\n\nQuestion:\nShould places at the same distance from the equator have the same climate? You might think they should. Unfor- tunately, you would not be correct to think this. Climate types vary due to other factors besides distance from the equator. So what are these factors? How can they have such a large impact on local climates? For one thing, these factors are big. You may wonder, are they as big as a car. Think bigger. Are they bigger than a house? Think bigger. Are they bigger than a football stadium? You are still not close. We are talking about mountains and oceans. They are big features and big factors. Oceans and mountains play a huge role in climates around the world. You can see this in Figure above . Only one of those factors is latitude, or distance from the equator. After reading the above, is \"Football stadiums\" the correct answer to the question \"Name at least one factor of climate\"? OPTIONS:\n- no\n- yes\n\nAnswer:\nno\n\n\nInput: \"What goes up must come down.\" You have probably heard that statement before. At one time this statement was true, but no longer. Since the 1960s, we have sent many spacecraft into space. Some are still traveling away from Earth. So it is possible to overcome gravity. Do you need a giant rocket to overcome gravity? No, you actually overcome gravity every day. Think about when you climb a set of stairs. When you do, you are overcoming gravity. What if you jump on a trampoline? You are overcoming gravity for a few seconds. Everyone can overcome gravity. You just need to apply a force larger than gravity. Think about that the next time you jump into the air. You are overcoming gravity for a brief second. Enjoy it while it lasts. Eventually, gravity will win the battle. \n\"What's an example refuting \"What goes up must come down\"?\" is \"Looking down from a high place\"?\n\nOPTIONS:\n- no\n- yes\nOutput: no\n\n\nInput: Mr. Neville ( ( ( Anthony Higgins , a young and arrogant artist and something of a Byronic hero , is contracted to produce a series of 12 landscape drawings of an estate by Mrs. Virginia Herbert for her absent and estranged husband . Part of the contract is that Mrs. Herbert agrees `` to meet Mr. Neville in private and to comply with his requests concerning his pleasure with me . '' Several sexual encounters between them follow , each of them acted in such a way as to emphasise reluctance or distress on the part of Mrs Herbert and sexual aggression or insensitivity on the part of Mr Neville . Meanwhile , whilst living on the estate , Mr. Neville gains quite a reputation with its dwellers , especially with Mrs. Herbert's son-in-law , Mr. Talmann . Mrs. Herbert , wearied of meeting Mr. Neville for his pleasure , tries to terminate the contract before all of the drawings are completed and orders Mr. Neville to stop . But he refuses to void the contract and continues as before . Then Mrs. Herbert's married , but as yet childless , daughter , Mrs. Talmann , who has apparently become attracted to Mr. Neville , seems to blackmail him into making a second contract in Which he agrees to comply with what is described as her pleasure , rather than his a reversal of the position in regard to her mother . A number of curious objects appear in Neville's drawings , Which point ultimately to the murder of Mr. Herbert , whose body is discovered in the moat of the house . Mr. Neville completes his twelve drawings and leaves the house . \n\nDoes the response \"She didn't like his attitude\" correctly answer the question \"Why did Mrs. Herbert want to cancel the contract between her and Mr. Neville?\"?\n\nOPTIONS:\n- no\n- yes\n***\nOutput: no\n\n\nInput: The opening shot of the movie shows Kunti praying for Lord Krishna's protection for the Pandavas . Lord Krishna consoles Kunti and promises to ever protect the Pandavas and guide them through troubles and problems that may occur in life . The sons of Pandu and Dhritarashtra progeny break into an argument . When Duryodhana insults the Pandavas as `` dependents '' , Bheema counters by saying that , the Kauravas are the progeny of a widow . Duryodhana asks Veda Vyasa for an explanation . He is then told that , since his mother , Gandhari had an astrological defect , she is first married of to a goat and then married to his father . Duryodhana gains animosity towards the kingdom of Gandhara where the king , the father of his mother Gandhari , rules . He attacks Gandhara and lays waste of the whole kingdom . He them imprisons the royal family in his prison . He gives them only one rice grain per prisoner . The king of Gandhara then stops everyone from grabbing the little food that is provided . He says that instead of everyone dying , they could keep at least one of their princes alive . He chooses Sakuni to be alive . Sakuni takes an oath that he will do everything he can to destroy the entire Kaurava clan . He makes magic dice from his father's spinal cord . The magic dice show exactly the number that he would want . Duryodhana takes pity on the lone prisoner , Sakuni after the rest of the Gandhara royal family dies in prison out of starvation . Sakuni joins the evil of coterie of Duryodhana , Karna and Dushyasana . \n\"Who is praying in the opening shot of the movie, and does someone answer his prayers?\" is \"His prayers are answered by Lord Krishna\"?\n\nOPTIONS:\n- no\n- yes\nOutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Whether it is Mozart or Miley, your choice of music could determine whether you will perform well at your job. A new study suggests that listening to music in the office improves the speed and accuracy of tasks such as data entry, proofreading and problem solving. In an officebased experiment, 88 per cent of participants were found to produce their most accurate work when listening to music. The study also found that 81 per cent completed their work fastest when music was played. And it matters what type of music you listen to. For instance, if you're doing your tax returns, then classical music is the most effective as it improves maths skills. Listening to Jessie J or Justin Bieber could also improve your speed, with 58 per cent of participants completing data entry tasks faster while listening to pop songs. During proofreading, dance music, such as David Guetta, had the biggest positive impact with participants increasing their speed by 20 per cent compared to tests undertaken with no music at all. Dance music also had a positive effect on spellchecking with a 75 per cent pass rate compared to 68 per cent when no music was played at all. The research, undertaken by Brightonbased Mindlab International, suggests that silent offices may be the least productive. The Music Works experiment revealed a positive correlation between music and productivity. Overall, it showed that when listening to music, nine out of ten people performed better, said Dr David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International. Options: A Music makes you relaxed. B Music helps you to enter data faster. C Music improves maths skills. D Music has a positive effect on spellchecking. Answer: A Music makes you relaxed. Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: Which of the following is NOT mentioned according to the passage?\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Water is the \"life blood\" of our earth. It is in every living thing. It is in the air. It runs through mountains and valleys. It forms lakes and oceans. Water is everywhere. Nature has a great water system. Rain water finds its way to streams and the oceans. Here at the mouth of a river there is much important plant and animal life. Pollution destroys this life, so we have to clean out streams and rivers. Man has to work with nature--not against it. Options: A blood B clouds C rain D life Answer: A blood Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: According to the passage, water is the _ of our earth.\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to mine. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always yelling at the kids. We often met in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only answer I got was a \"Hello\" from the four-year-old girl. One afternoon when I returned, they were just coming out of their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for the others. I remained in the car doing unnecessary things. But when I looked up I saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for me. I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. I was really touched by her act of kindness. That afternoon I was at the K-Mart and I bought a white Teddy bear for her. The next day, there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her father. She was very proud of the bear and thanked me like I had never been thanked before. Now when we meet in the hall, we all speak in a friendly manner. As time passes, I don't hear that yelling as often as before. Last night we had about four inches of snow. I looked out at my car and wondered how I was going to keep my doctor's appointment. I went out to remove the snow. But when I opened my front door, I found my car was there with all the snow removed. You couldn't imagine how I felt at that moment. I thanked that family in my heart. Isn't it amazing that a small kind act of a four-year-old girl could change so many things for the better? My guardian angel says that good things come from small acts. Options: A That family next door. B Someone sent by his doctor. C Some strangers. D The gate keeper. Answer: A That family next door. Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Who did the writer think removed the snow on his car?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please briefly summarize this news article:\n\n'Mass Effect 2' kicks off big 2010 for gamers\n\n\"Battlefield: Bad Company 2\" is one of many anticipated games coming in early 2010.\n\n(CNN) -- OK, so you've exhausted most of those video games you got for Christmas. And you've got a gift card or two burning a hole in your pocket.\n\nYou need some new games for the new year. And 2010 is only too happy to oblige.\n\nGaming companies are releasing enough popular titles in the first three months of the year to fill a shelf in your entertainment center. Between much-anticipated sequels and intriguing new titles, it's enough to make your controller quiver with anticipation.\n\nThe big title for January is the follow-up to a smash hit, but it isn't just an ordinary sequel. \"Mass Effect 2\" (BioWare, Electronic Arts) takes your character from the original futuristic game -- complete with all their experiences and relationships -- and puts them into the darker, second chapter of what is a planned trilogy.\n\nThe game's urgent mission to stop a deadly plague offers new challenges, different enemies and more realistic graphics than the first. The early trailers to \"ME2\" feel like scenes from a blockbuster movie. The dialogue choices are also improved to allow more flexibility when interacting with your team or other characters.\n\n\"Mass Effect 2\" comes out January 26 for the Xbox 360 and PC. It is rated M for mature (blood, drug reference, sexual content, strong language, violence).\n\nFebruary offers a selection of original titles, a long-awaited online RPG and a major sequel.\n\n\"Star Trek\" fans will get their opportunity to live out their Trekkie dreams -- virtually, at least -- with the release of \"Star Trek Online\" (Atari, Cryptic Studios). Players can choose or create their own race, pick a career path and start blasting away at Borg. Combat can take place during ground-based missions or in the cold, vast reaches of space.\n\n\"Star Trek Online\" will be released on February 2 for the PC and is rated T for teens (fantasy violence, mildly suggestive themes).\n\nThe month then goes to hell with the release of \"Dante's Inferno\" (Visceral Games, Electronic Arts). Players follow Dante as he travels through the nine circles of Hell, faces off against the Seven Deadly Sins and generally creates havoc in the underworld.\n\nAn upgradable weapons system allows gamers to tailor Dante's abilities to holy or unholy gameplay. Each of the nine circles will have its own distinct look, taken directly from Dante Alighieri's epic poem.\n\n\"Dante's Inferno\" is due out February 9 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP. It is rated M for mature (blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, sexual content).\n\n\"Aliens vs. Predator\" keeps the monsters from the popular movies but ditches any story relationship by going 30 years into the future after \"Aliens 3.\" This first-person shooter lets you play as a Marine, one of the aliens or as the Predator. Each has its own special combat advantages (the spiky tail of the Alien should be a sneaky, impaling-type weapon) and all are particularly vicious and gory.\n\nOnce you've mastered the game play, feel free to jump into the multiplayer action for bullet vs. fang vs. claw combat. \"AvP\" is set for release on February 26 for the PS3, PC and Xbox 360. It is rated (you guessed it) M for mature.\n\n\"Heavy Rain\" (Sony, Quantic Dream) should be one of the more interesting games of early 2010. It looks like a film noir thriller with gritty visuals and moody atmospherics. The gameplay, however, is heavy on contextual actions by the gamer, allowing for more story flexibility and a greater sense of overall destiny control.\n\nDevelopers say the story changes based on the player's actions and every decision will have a tangible effect on the characters and their destinies. You play as one of four characters throughout the game and can even kill off one of the others and still have a conclusion to the story. \"Heavy Rain\" is scheduled for release on February 23 as a PS3 exclusive.\n\nFinally, \"BioShock 2\" (2K Games, 2K Marin) takes the player 10 years into the future after the first game, drops you into the role of a previous bad guy, then throws you into the ocean deep to fend off a new nemesis. The early gameplay looks as fabulous as the original, promising a continuation of the rich story and the chance to explore more of the underwater Rapture city. \"BioShock 2\" will be out on February 9 for the Xbox 360, PC and PS3.\n\nGaming in March is going to be bloody with a dash of godly rage being released in the middle of the month.\n\nGamers are always ready for the next good war game and \"Battlefield: Bad Company 2\" (DICE, Electronic Arts) is promising to deliver. With destructible environments, more than 15 vehicles and flying machines and an open-world perspective, \"BF: BC2\" gives gamers the chance to destroy and conquer just about everything on the map.\n\nThe game is designed to work best in squad form, so multiplayer will likely be the most enjoyable way to play (and online will be even better). An EA representative said that in a recent closed beta test, \"BF: BC2\" saw more than 300,000 players rack up 45 million kills, 9.4 million kills from vehicles, 3.43 million vehicles destroyed and over 380,000 buildings destroyed. That's a lot of mayhem. The game will be out on March 2 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.\n\nThe most anticipated game in 2010 erupts in mid-March as Kratos returns to battle the gods of Olympus in \"God of War 3\" (Sony). While the story might sound similar to the other releases in the ancient trilogy, Sony is promising a new game engine and updated visuals to give players the realistic feel of actually being in battle.\n\nA recent demo showed Kratos slicing and dicing his way through harpies and zombies before carving up a chimera and taking down Helios, the Greek god of the Sun. Because this is the last of the trilogy, players should expect storylines to be finished up in glorious, bloody fashion. \"God of War 3\" is due on March 19 as a PS3 exclusive.\n\nAnd that's not all. Plenty of other upcoming games, including \"Final Fantasy XIII,\" \"Army of Two: The 40th Day,\" and \"Dark Void,\" will also be vying for your console and computer time in the next three months. More major releases are planned during the rest of what is expected to be a huge year for gaming.\n\nDid we miss anything? What games are you most looking forward to? Tell us in the comments below.\n\nEditor note: \"Gran Turismo 5\" and \"Lego Harry Potter\" were originally scheduled for release in early 2010 and previously mentioned in the article. Their release dates have been pushed back and references in the article removed.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "OK, so you've exhausted most of those video games you got for Christmas. And you've got a gift card or two burning a hole in your pocket.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: On a hot summer day, ice-cold watermelons serve up a delicious treat. Sure, the rosy flesh quenches your thirst . But now there are more reasons than ever for people to reach for a slice of watermelon. Meet Dr Alison Edwards. She is a scientist at the Agricultural Research Service. Scientists are people who come up with new ideas called theories . They usually do scientific research to test their new theories. That's how they find out if a new idea is a good one, or if the new idea will bring an even better idea. At her lab, Dr Edwards recently learned more about the secrets of why watermelons are good for you! Dr Edwards has known for a long time that watermelons have vitamin C. But recently she learned that watermelons also have lycopene . It is something that gives tomatoes and watermelons their rosy red colour. What's so special about the lycopene in watermelons? Dr Edwards says that watermelons and tomatoes both have lots of lycopene. It seems that your body can use the lycopene from watermelons more easily than the lycopene from raw tomatoes. In fact, the lycopene from tomatoes is more easily absorbed inside your body once they have been cooked. Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? Options: A: Our bodies cannot absorb lycopene. B: Watermelons are good for us in hot summer. C: Tomatoes have more lycopene than watermelons do. D: Lycopene in watermelons is hard for our bodies to absorb.\nB\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Dear Micheal, How's your vacation? I'm visiting my uncle in Spain. He lives in the sunny and beautiful city of Valencia, in Spain. Yesterday, I had great fun. My uncle took me to the tomato festival in Bunol, which is just 30 miles away from where my uncle lives. You have probably never heard of this festival before. Neither had I. The tomato festival is called \"La Tomatina\"in Spanish. It was the biggest and messiest tomato fight in the world. When we first got to the square where the festival took place, it was very crowded with people from all around the world, and many trucks were carrying tomatoes. My uncle told me the crowded people here were around 38,000 and this was more than four times the population of Bunol. The tomato fight started as soon as the first banger was beaten. Then everyone including me started throwing tomatoes at each other. I took red tomatoes and threw them at anyone that ran, moved, bent down, or turned around. Tomatoes must be squashed before people threw them in order not to hurt anybody. After a little while, the streets, people and nearby buildings were splashed with red. There was no winner in this fight,but we all had fun. As soon as a second banger was beaten, people stopped throwing. I really had a great time, I wish you were here, too. I hope I hear from you soon. Take care. With love, From Spain Linda Question: What is the main idea of this letter? Options: A: \"La Tomatina\"is a fun and popular festival in Spain. B: \"La Tomatina\"is a day for eating tomatoes. C: Micheal has a great vacation. D: Linda enjoyed the beautiful city of Valencia.\nA\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Mr Black is an American,but he is in Canada now.He is a tall man with funny glasses.He works in a big city but lives in a town far away.He lives on the twentieth floor of a building.Every morning he gets up early.Then he gets into the lift and it takes him down to the first floor.He runs to the bus stop and catches the early bus.It usually takes him about two hours to get to the factory by bus.Then he gets off the bus and walks into the workshop quickly.He starts his work at eight in the morning. Question: About how long does it take him to get to the factory by bus? Options: A: One hour. B: Two hours. C: one and a half hours. D: About 12 minutes.\nA: B\n\nQuestion: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A crow is sitting in a big tree. She has a big piece of meat in her mouth, \"My babies will have a nice breakfast,\" she thinks. An old fox is looking for his breakfast. He sees the crow and the meat, \" How can I get that piece of meat? \" he thinks. \"Good morning, Mrs. Crow,\" says the fox. \" How are you? \" But the crow doesn't say a word. \"You have very nice babies, Mrs. Crow,\" says the fox. \" How are they? May I see them? \" Still the crow doesn't say a word. \"You are very beautiful, Mrs. Crow. And you have a beautiful voice, too,\" says the fox. \" Would you like to sing a song for me? \" Mrs. Crow thinks, \"How nice Mr. Fox is! I must sing a song for him. \" So she opens her mouth, at that time, Mrs. Crow drops the meat into the fox's mouth. Question: Who has a nice breakfast? Options: A: The crow. B: The fox and his friends. C: The baby crows. D: The old fox.\nAnswer: D\n\n*Question*\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: My name is Mary. I'm a student. I'm twelve. My father is a policeman. My mother is a nurse. Nick is my brother. We are all at home today, because today is Sunday. My brother Nick is a student, too. We are in the same school. There are thirty-five classes in our school. My classroom is very big. Question: What's Mary's mother? Options: A: She is a teacher. B: She is a student. C: She is a nurse. D: She is a doctor.\n**Answer**\nC\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Dear Henry, How are you? I'm writing to you in my school. It's a middle school. Our school is very nice. There are about 2000 students and 150 teachers in our school. There are three grades and in each grade there are ten classes. I'm in Class Two, Grade Seven. I go to school from Monday to Friday. There are five classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. We play games every afternoon after class. I like playing soccer very much. I often play it with my classmates. I have three good friends. One of them is Li Lei. He is a Chinese boy. He often helps me with my Chinese. I help him study English. The others are twins. They are Lucy and Lily. They come from England. We often sing and dance together. We are very happy! Please write soon. Yours, Ben Question: Which is right? Options: A: The twins are English. B: Li Lei is a Japanese. C: Ben has classes on Saturday. D: Ben doesn't know Li Lei or the twins.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Jeb Bush staffers looking for new jobs: report\n\nUpdated: Saturday, February 20, 2016, 12:42 AM\n\nJeb Bush says he is the best man for the job held by his brother and father, but his poll numbers have some staff members hoping to have any job at all after this weekend.\n\nMembers of the former Florida governor’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination have begun looking for other work amid speculation that Bush could end his campaign after Saturday’s South Carolina primary, according to POLITICO.\n\n“Staffers are floating résumés now. We’ve been contacted by several. People have gotta eat, you know?” Rubio supporter Randy Nielsen told the outlet.\n\nA total of four political consultants reportedly said they were in contact with Bush employees about departures following the Palmetto State primary.\n\nBush’s campaign bristled at questions about the White House run’s future and released a schedule of events for Sunday and Monday in Nevada, which holds a GOP caucus on Tuesday.\n\nAfter receiving less than 3% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and placing fourth in New Hampshire, the candidate’s team has been hoping that he can repeat his brother’s 2000 success down south.\n\nOnce the candidate to beat in the GOP field because of a glut of early fundraising, Bush has receded into the background amid constant attacks front-runner Donald Trump.\n\nHis 10% support in South Carolina trails Trump’s 35%, Sen. Ted Cruz’s 19% and fellow Florida politician Marco Rubio’s 15%, according to an aggregation of polls published Thursday by CNN.\n\nRubio, who was Bush’s mentee before they both dived into the chaos of the election cycle, received the coveted endorsement of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley this week.\n\nBush, who has brought family members including George W. Bush and his mother Barbara on the campaign trail, was believed to be courting the popular pol’s favor before she sided with the Florida senator.\n\nSummary: Members of the former Florida governor’s campaign for president have begun looking for other work, POLITICO reported.\n\n\nQ: Gwyneth Paltrow compares online attacks to surviving war: It's a 'bloody, dehumanizing thing'\n\nGwyneth Paltrow has a message for Internet trolls: Look inside yourself before attacking others.\n\nThe actress spoke out about online commenters in an interview with Re/code on Tuesday, in advance of a surprise appearance at the Code Conference, a two-day event of \"top industry influencers in media and technology\" taking place in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.\n\nPaltrow was invited to speak due to her popular online lifestyle brand GOOP—on which she famously announced that she and her husband Chris Martin were \"consiously uncoupling.\"\n\nShe says that while the \"Internet is an amazing opportunity, socially,\" it also means people can vent their negativity and take it out on others.\n\n\"It's culturally acceptable to be an anonymous commenter,\" she said. \"It's culturally acceptable to say, 'I'm just going to take all of my internal pain and externalize it anonymously.'\"\n\nShe also compared enduring the wrath of Internet commenters to surviving a war.\n\n\"You come across (online comments) about yourself and about your friends, and it's a very dehumanizing thing,\" the star said. \"It's almost like how, in war, you go through this bloody, dehumanizing thing … My hope is, as we get out of it, we'll reach the next level of conscience.\"\n\nThe \"Iron Man 3\" star said the vitriol doesn't affect her, but noted that \"it's taken a long time to get to (that) point.\"\n\n\"I see myself as a chalkboard or a whiteboard or a screen, and someone is just putting up their own projection on it,\" she said. \"It has nothing to do with me.\"\n\nA: Gwyneth Paltrow has a message for Internet trolls: Look inside before yourself before attacking others. The actress spoke out about online commenters in an interview with Re/code on Tuesday, in advance of a surprise appearance at a technology conference.\n\n\nProblem: CryptoLocker effectively encrypts files, requires ransom\n\n\"It systematically hunts down every one of your personal files—documents, databases, spreadsheets, photos, videos and music collections—and encrypts them with military-grade encryption, and only the crooks can open it,\" said Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at Sophos.\n\n(Read more: What to do when managing someone else's money)\n\nYour computer, even though it's infected, keeps working normally; you just can't access any of your personal files. It's scary, especially if you haven't backed up your data.\n\n\"Cybercrime is evolving as the bad guys get smarter and use newer technologies,\" said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance. \"They're always looking for new ways to steal your money.\"\n\nCryptoLocker is different from other types of \"ransomware\" that have been around for many years and that freeze your computer and demand payment. Those can usually be removed, restoring your access to files and documents.\n\nBut CryptoLocker encrypts your files. There's only one decryption key, and the bad guys have that on their server. Unless you pay the ransom within three days, that key will be destroyed. And as the message from the extortionists says, \"After that, nobody and never will be able to restore files. …\"\n\n(Read more: New security threat: Cash register skimmers)\n\nThe typical extortion payment is $300 or 300 euros paid by Green Dot MoneyPak, or for the more tech-savvy, two bitcoins, currently worth about $400.\n\nTo instill a sense of urgency, a digital clock on the screen counts down from 72 hours so you can see how much time is left before that unique decryption key is destroyed.\n\nOne victim described his anguish in an online post: \"The virus cleverly targeted … all of our family photos, including all photos of my children growing up over the last 8 years. I have a distraught wife who blames me!\"\n\nThis sophisticated malware is delivered the old-fashioned way: an executable file hidden inside an attachment that looks like an ordinary ZIP file or PDF. One small business reports being compromised after clicking on an email attachment that was designed to look like a shipping invoice from the U.S. Postal Service.\n\nOpen that file and bad things start to happen, although it may take several days for the ransom demand to appear on your screen after the machine is infected.\n\n\"The author ... is a genius. Evil genius, but genius none the less,\" an IT professional commented in an online tech forum. Another wrote, \"This thing is nasty and has the potential to do enormous amounts of damage worldwide.\"\n\n(Read more: Scammers target utility customers)\n\nGood anti-virus software can remove CryptoLocker from your computer but cannot undo the damage—the encryption is that good.\n\n\"It's the same type of encryption used in the commercial sector that's approved by the federal government,\" Wisniewski told me. \"If the crooks delete that encryption key, your files are gone forever. Even the NSA can't bring them back.\"\n\nThe cybercrooks are targeting both businesses and individual users—anyone who will pay to regain access to their files.\n\nThe CryptoLocker forum on BleepingComputer.com is filled with page after page of horror stories. Here is a small sample:\n\n\"When we discovered the infection from a user's workstation on the network, this program had encrypted over 180,000 files through the network shares in a period of 6 days. I pretty much shut down the business for 2 days after we realized what was happening.\"\n\n\"Our company was infected this morning. The virus hit a machine 4 days ago and today we got the pop up about the ransom. All files on the network drive the user had access to are now encrypted.\"\n\n\"We had a workstation get infected yesterday that encrypted everything on our network share drive. We had backups, although they weren't recent enough, so despite all feelings against it, we paid the ransom and everything started to decrypt overnight.\"\n\nWrite a one or two sentence summary.\n\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "CryptoLocker has been actively infecting business and person computers worldwide, encrypting files and demanding payment to unlock them.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Does Fame Drive You Crazy? Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's stars, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine.They are at the center of much of the world's attention.Paparazzi camp outside their homes, cameras ready.Tabloids publish thrilling stories about their personal lives.Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature! According to pyschologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities--famous people--worry constantly about their public appearance.Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names.\"Over time,\" Villarreal says, \"they feel separated and alone.\" The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages.In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers.When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy.Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do. Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be.Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras.When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their \"story\" alive forever. If fame is so troublesome, why aren't all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it.Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities.They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place. Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice.Still, even stars who... Question: What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Availability of modern media.\n- Inadequate social recognition.\n- Lack of favorable chances.\n- Huge population of fans.\nAvailability of modern media.\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Nursing at Beth Israel Hospital produces the best patient care. If we are to solve the nursing shortage. hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel's example . At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs a full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centered on the patient's illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary. The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalization. keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth Israel is not responding to treatment. it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague. Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized nursing administration; every unit is a self-contained organization. There are nurse-managers instead of head nurses; in addition to their medical duties they do all their own hiring and dismissing, employee advising, and they make salary recommendations. Each unit's nurses decide among themselves who will work what shifts and when. Beth Israel's nurse-in-chief ranks as an equal with other vice presidents of the hospital. She is also a member of the Medical Executive Committee. which in most hospitals includes only doctors. Question: The author's attitude towards the nurse system at Beth Israel Hospital is _ Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- negative\n- neutral\n- critical\n- positive\npositive\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Social customs differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn't it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Should you leave one in your lap, or on the table? The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seat to a woman, and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for 7 o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay. The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable - especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable. Question: If one has accepted a dinner invitation, what should he do if he is to be late for the dinner? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- He should find an excuse.\n- He should ask for excuse.\n- He should say \"Sorry\".\n- He should telephone to explain his being late.\nHe should telephone to explain his being late.\n--\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: I am an e-mail user.When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail.I didn't have much mail.1 was very excited about receiving any e-mail.I gave my friends my e-mail address.Soon I had more mail than 1 wanted.Some of the mail was junk mail.1 was worried.I didn't want my mail to control me. I've tried some methods to help me get control of my mail.First,I check my mail at the same time every day.Also I try to allow myself only 15-20 minutes every day to process my e-mail.This doesn't always work,but I try.Sometimes I save the messages.Sometimes I just read them,maybe answer a few,and then delete them.Sometimes I'm not at all interested in a message,so I don't even open it.I delete it right away.This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home. These methods are very simple.I have some friends who are very clever with computers.From time to time, _ teach me new tricks for managing my e-mail.I've also learned to transfer some messages to a disk so they don't fill up my mail files .Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work.I'm still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I'm still worried,however,about having too much to read. Question: What's the purpose of the writer to write this passage? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- To share happiness in using mail with us\n- To share some worries in using mail with us\n- To share some methods of using computer with us\n- To persuade us out of using mail\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "To share some worries in using mail with us\n--", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars , and say they could be protecting life from the planet's terrible environment. The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface. \"If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance you'd find it in caves,\" said Jut Wynne, one of the researchers who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program. Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting. One photo taken at night by an infrared imager showed one hole to be unusually warm, suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out. \"I said: 'Wow, that's a cave'\" Dr. Clarke said excitedly. \"People have been looking for these for a long time; now we have found them.\" He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold, radiation-soaked , dry surface. \"Tiny drops of water could collect inside,\" he said. \"If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.\" The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lave flows spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled, forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining have to flow out, forming caves. Question: According to the passage, Dr. Clarke was so excited because_. - such caves could provide energy for life - they had finally found the caves on Mars - such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life - scientists had long been looking for these caves\nthey had finally found the caves on Mars\n\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: An upper class British lady once declared: \" Anyone seen on a bus after the age of 30 has been a failure in life.\" This may sound arrogant and ignorant. Unfortunately, there are still people thinking that way. Some wealthy folk in the West look down on buses and boast about how many years it has been since they last travelled by one. How sad is that? Our roads are packed with cars and the air is full of the pollution they emit. But still, many car users are unwillingly to get on a bus or a bike or a train to take themselves to work. It's convenient to drive, they'll say. Buses are so unreliable, they'll claim. And trains are expensive - at least in the UK. It's an attitude which may have to change. It doesn't make sense to drive a car in a city where there's a public transport system. Also, these rush hour commuters usually travel alone. As a result, transport authorities in the UK are looking at solutions to city center congestion . One is to increase the number of parking spaces at out-of-town railway stations. More motorists can then leave their cars and travel into the city by train. Light rail or tramways are another environmentally friendly solution. Many cities across Europe have had light rail or tramway systems. The subway in London is used by everyone, rich and poor. It's the quickest way of getting around the city, whatever your bank balance. And then there are the cycle hire plans you find in many modern cities. In London and Paris, you can hire a bike by the hour to get you where you need to go. Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is often pictured cycling to work. David Cameron, the British prime minister, cycled to the House of Commons before he became leader. Question: How many solutions to congestion have been mentioned in the article? - 3. - 4. - 5. - 6.\n4.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Jenny was a bright-eyed, pretty five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. How she wanted that necklace, and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, \"Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll tell you what. I'll buy you the necklace, and when we get home we can make up a list of housework that you can do to pay for the necklace. And don't forget that for your birthday Grandma just might give you a whole dollar bill, too. Okay?\" Jenny agreed, and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her. Jenny worked on her chores very hard every day, and sure enough, her grandma gave her a brand-new dollar bill for her birthday. Soon Jenny had paid off the pearls. How Jenny loved those pearls. She wore them everywhere to kindergarten, bed and when she went out with her mother to run errands . The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower. Her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green! Jenny had a very loving daddy. When Jenny went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read Jenny her favorite story. One night when he finished the story, he said, \"Jenny, do you love me?\" \"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you,\" the little girl said. \"Well, then, give me your pearls.\" \"Oh! Daddy, not my pearls!\" Jenny said. \"But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party outfit, too. Okay?\" \"Oh no, darling, that's okay.\" Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. \"Good night, little one.\" A week later, her father once again asked Jenny after her story, \"Do you love me?\" \"Oh yes, Daddy, you know I love you.\" \"Well, then, give me your pearls.\" \"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it and braid it and everything. You can have Ribbons if you want... Question: The reason why little Jenny wanted to give her father doll and toy horse is that _ . - they were lovely - she liked them very much - they were worth much more - she loved her necklace too much\nA: she loved her necklace too much\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: A new system that scans customers' fingerprints and subtracts the grocery bill from their bank accounts has taken supermarkets in Germany to use the new system. \"Almost a quarter of our customers pay with their fingers,\" said an employee at the headquarters. Edeka has tried the system at 70 of its supermarkets. It says it will introduce it at 200 others because customers like it. \"At first we thought that only the young who really keep up with the latest technology would be interested, but we were wrong,\" said Stefan Sewoester from IT Werke. \"Almost two-thirds of the people who use the system are 40 and older,\" he said. IT Werke, a computer company, is one of the pioneers of fingerprint payment software in Germany. It has helped about 150 shops, canteens and bars to put in the fingerprint scanning machines. Each costs about 2,000 euros. To sign up for the service, customers must have their fingerprints taken and leave their addresses and banking details with the shop. The shop then takes the cost of goods directly out of the customer's bank account. \"It is especially a good thing for elderly people. Now they do not have to remember their pin to pay with their bank cards, or to scratch around for their glasses or cash.\" Sewoester said. The stores benefit from the system too. It saves more than time in the check-out line. It also cuts out the hidden costs of accepting electronic card payments. Question: According to the passage, the fingerprint system _ . - was invented by the Edeka supermarket chain - has caused payment revolution in Germany - is more popular with young people - is preferred by most American customers\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "has caused payment revolution in Germany", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: It's easy to get lost in a _ city. Here are some tips to help you find the way and get to your destination . Take a map with you when you go to a new place. If you lose your way, look at the map, you'll find the place where you want to go. If you still can't find the place on the map, ask the police for help.They will tell you the right way to go. Remember the name of your hotel and the street where it is. If you can't find the way back, take a taix. I hope these tips can help you. Question: How many tips are there in the passage? Options: A: One B: Two. C: Three. D: Four.\nC\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur . When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big as your little toe ! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. There he stays for six months. The koala could not live without a special kind of tree. The tree gives him both his home and his food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree. At night the koala looks for food. He may go miles to find it. He likes only the _ and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else. And he eats more than two pounds each night!How lovely the koalas really are! Question: Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because _ . Options: A: they have to keep cool under the tree B: they eat the fruit on the tree C: they stay in the tree all the time D: they live in the tree and get food from it\nD\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: The train started moving. There were many people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old. As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, \"See, Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!\" It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man's son. A few minutes later it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the opened window. Seeing the rain, the old man's son said happily, \"See ,Dad, how beautiful the rain is!\" Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She shouted at the noisy son and his father. \"Can't you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don't disturb us any more!\" The old man's face turned red and then he answered in a low voice, \"We are on the way back from hospital. He couldn't see anything at birth. Only last week he could see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please _ him.\" All the other people became quiet. Question: What was wrong with the son when he was born? Options: A: He had mental illness. B: He couldn't see. C: He couldn't hear. D: He couldn't walk.\nA: B\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm. \"Go to the market,\" he said, \"and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers and drop them one by one along the road.\" Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told. The next day the wise man said, \"Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.\" The woman followed the same road, but she was so _ when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand. \"You see,\" said the old man, \"it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong.\" Question: Why did the woman feel sorry? Options: A: She didn't know the story. B: She hurt her neighbor deeply. C: She was hurt deeply. D: She was told an untrue story.\nAnswer: B\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, \"Congratulations, sir. You're the father of twins!\" \"What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!\" Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets . \"Wow! That's unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.\" An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets . Surprised, he only could answer, \"I don't believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!\" After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, \"I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.\" Question: Why were the fathers there? Options: A: They were waiting for their wives. B: They were seeing doctors. C: They were waiting for their babies to be born. D: They were working at men nurses there.\n**Answer**\nC\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or your friends for some advice. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it. Some people use less energy by sharing a car. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Whenever we use electricity, we put greenhouse gases into the air. By turning off the lights, the television, and the computer when they aren't needed, you can help a lot. Don't buy products that use too much energy. Some products, like certain cars, are made specially to save energy. These cars can travel longer on less gasoline . They don't pollute as much, either. Products like computers, TVs and VCRs with the ENERGY STAR label are made to save energy. Buying products with these labels will help protect the environment. Buy recyclable products instead of non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that have already been used. It usually takes less energy to make recyclable products than to make new ones. So when you go shopping, look for the recycle mark on the package. The less energy we use, the better. Question: From the passage, we can learn that _ . Options: A: turning off the electricity when it isn't needed can do good to the environment B: electricity won't cause great trouble to our environment C: cars using less energy will not put greenhouse gases into the air D: recyclable products are marked with the ENERGY STAR label\n**Answer**\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Here is a news article: Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| The popularity of Thursday weddings is soaring, new figures suggest as cost-conscious couples abandon the Saturday tradition in favour of better deals. \n \n Brides and grooms choosing the midweek slot has increased by almost a third over seven years, according to research by wedding planning website hitched.co.uk. \n \n An estimated total of 21,700 weddings took place on Thursday last year - about 6,000 more than in 2008. \n \n Meanwhile, insurance data from John Lewis between shows a 43 per cent increase over five years for couples taking out policies for Thursday nuptials. ||||| Why Hitched? \n \n No matter what stage of wedding planning you are in, Hitched is here to help you. If you just got engaged then our planning tools such as the budget planner and the to-do list will be the perfect way to kick start your planning. Perhaps it's the perfect wedding venue you are looking for? Browse everything from rustic barns to glitzy and glamorous stately homes in our extensive venues directory. Or maybe you are looking for a place to chat and ask all those burning questions? Our busy wedding planning forum will be here to help. |||||\nHere is a summary: – Ah, weddings: The chance to celebrate love, commitment ... and the increasingly staggering amount of cash couples are forking over to tie the knot. One trending nod to frugality, however, is the rise of the less costly Thursday wedding. In fact, the Times reports that in the United Kingdom, nearly 22,000 weddings took place on Thursday last year, which is about 6,000 more than in 2008, according to data from hitched.co.uk. That's an increase of a third in just seven years, with Friday weddings basically holding steady, and it's happening in spite of the fact that couples are essentially asking their guests to take off work to attend a wedding just so the couple can save money. \"With many venues and wedding suppliers booking up months or even years in advance, a Thursday wedding can also give wedding planning couples a better chance of booking their first choice vendors,\" says the site's editor. Insurance data backs these findings, showing a 43% increase for next year among couples who've taken out policies for Thursday weddings, reports the Telegraph. The paper interviewed one couple who found not just the general booking cheaper (by a third) but even the catering. And their guests saved on hotel costs. But the Telegraph notes separately Thursday nuptials aren't all love at first sight. One woman says friends and family left their reception by 11pm and didn't \"let their hair down as much as they might\" because they had to work the next day, while there was no one around for brunch the morning after. Still, she says, they'd do it again—they saved $10,000 having Thursday nuptials, which they put toward their kids instead. (This woman chose to exchange vows in a hospital.)\n\nHere is a news article: Matt Roberts, the longtime lead guitarist for rock band 3 Doors Down before he left the band in 2012, died early Saturday morning in a hotel outside Milwaukee. He was 38. \n \n Related PHOTOS: 100 Best Songs of the 2000s From Beyonce and Lady Gaga to Radiohead and Kanye West, these are the best songs from the first decade of the 21st Century \n \n Roberts served as 3 Doors Down's guitarist from their 1996 formation until 2012, when he left the group for health reasons. According to CNN, Roberts had been rehearsing for a Wisconsin fundraising concert for veterans when he and his father went back to the hotel. Hours later, police were called to the hotel for a man \"either asleep or passed out in the hallway of his hotel.\" \n \n \n \n \"I was wakened at 8:50 this morning by some detectives beating on my door. It's always scary as a parent, they were in suits and that's when they told me. They asked me if Matt Roberts was your son, I said yes, and they said 'we have bad news to tell you, Matt deceased last night,'\" Matt's father Darrell Roberts told CNN. \n \n An autopsy will be conducted to determine Roberts' cause of death, but TMZ reports that a drug overdose is suspected. \"I know he had prescription drug addiction. He suffered greatly from anxiety,\" Darrell Roberts said. \"I thought he had beaten it all.\" \n \n Roberts, along with singer Brad Arnold and bassist Todd Harrell, formed 3 Doors Down in 1996 in Escatawpa, Mississippi. Four years later, the band's hit \"Kryptonite,\" co-written by Roberts, soared to Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100. The track, off 2000's The Better Life, was the first in a string of Hot 100-reaching singles that were penned by Roberts and his band mates, including \"Be Like That,\" \"Here Without You\" and \"When I'm Gone.\" \n \n Following 2002's multiplatinum Away from the Sun, 3 Doors Down twice topped the Billboard 200 thanks to 2005's Seventeen Days and 2008's 3 Doors Down. 2011's Time of My Life was the band's final LP with original members Roberts and Harrell; the latter was fired from the group after the bassist was charged with vehicular manslaughter in 2013. \n \n In May 2012, Roberts departed 3 Doors Down, telling fans in a statement that \"performing nearly 300 dates each year\" with the band had \"exacerbated\" the \"health and circulation issues\" he had been dealing with. 3 Doors Down will always have a special place in my heart and it saddens me to take this time off,” Roberts said at the time. \"But my health has to be my first priority.\" ||||| Story highlights Matt Roberts was found dead in a Wisconsin hotel \n \n His father says he struggled with an addiction to prescription medication \n \n (CNN) Matt Roberts, best known as a former guitarist for the band 3 Doors Down, has died, according to his father. \n \n The 38-year-old musician was traveling with his father in West Bend, WI, where he was due to perform at a charity event for veterans. \n \n He had been rehearsing early Saturday morning for the \" Rockin' for Heroes \" benefit event at a local restaurant, said his father, Darrell Roberts. \n \n The father said he often traveled with his son, and last saw him outside his hotel room. \n \n \"We go up to our room, we got adjoining rooms and -- he was always looking after me as his dad -- so my key didn't work and he went and came back in just a few minutes and got me a new key. He opened the door for me and he said 'just make sure you open the adjoining room in case you need anything.' He was always looking out for me,\" Roberts said. \n \n Read More |||||\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Here is a summary: – Matt Roberts, the lead guitarist for 3 Doors Down from the group's founding in 1996 until he left for health reasons in 2012, was found dead Saturday in a Wisconsin hotel, reports Rolling Stone. He was 38. \"I was wakened at 8:50 this morning by some detectives beating on my door. It's always scary as a parent, they were in suits and that's when they told me. They asked me if Matt Roberts was your son, I said yes, and they said 'we have bad news to tell you, Matt deceased last night,'\" dad Darrell Roberts tells CNN. The younger Roberts had been rehearsing for a veterans fundraiser; hours after the Robertses returned to the hotel police were called on a reports of a man asleep or passed out in the hallway. Matt Roberts was pronounced dead shortly after. An autopsy is planned to confirm a cause of death. Darrell Roberts says his son \"had prescription drug addiction. He suffered greatly from anxiety. It's crazy as a performer; he never liked crowds or liked places he didn't know about as a baby, as a child, and this was his way of dealing with it and me and him talked about it often.\" The father says he thought his son was OK. \"I thought he had beaten it all,\" he says.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "You are given a paragraph (Passage), a question (Question) and two answer options (Option1 and Option2). Your task is to find the correct answer (and return the string of the correct option, not option1/2) for the given question from the given options and based on the given passage. Answer of the question can be found directly from the passage.\n\nQ: Passage: I love to make hot chocolate in the wintertime . Today it snowed so I decided to make myself a mug of hot cocoa . Some people just put a mug of water in the microwave and then add Swiss Miss. . Not me . First I put the milk in a sauce pan . Then I put it on the burner on medium high heat . While the milk is heating up I get mix cocoa and sugar together . Then a skin formed on top and it was gross . I learned after that that as soon as it boils I need to pull it off the burner.Once the milk comes to a boil I pour it into a mug . Then I add the cocoa . Question: What do they enjoy? Option1: hot chocolate in the wintertime. Option2: When they boil milk too long.\n\nA: hot chocolate in the wintertime.\n****\nQ: Passage: It is Saturday morning , and Bobby has just woken up out of bed . His mom comes up to his room and asks Bobby where is his pile of dirty clothes are . He points to the basket of dirty clothes , and his mom grabs the basket and walks over to the laundry room . She grabs one scoop of powdery laundry detergent and throws it into the washer machine in order to make the clothes smell delightful . She then closes the washer machine , and uses the dials on the washer machine to include how much water she wants the washer machine to use , as well using hot or cold water . She decides she wants to wash the clothes in hot water to make sure all the dirt and gross stuff comes off the clothes . After she is done with adjusting the settings , she clicks start , and goes on her way to cook and clean while she waits for the washer to finish . Question: Who dumps the dirty clothes? Option1: Mom Option2: Bobby\n\nA: Mom\n****\nQ: Passage: I like baking cakes with my granddaughter . I let her help pour in the ingredients and mix them together . I take a box of cake mix to her house so we can bake a cake together . Then we get out everything needed to make the cake . We usually need eggs , cooking oil , and water or milk . We also need a cake pan , a large mixing bowl , a measuring cup , and a mixing spoon . I pre-heat the oven to the temperature given in the directions . Then I grease or oil the cake pan so the cake does not stick to the pan . Usually the directions want me to add a little flour to the pan to coat the oil , but I like to use sugar instead because it does not leave the outside of the cake looking like flour . We start by carefully cracking the egg shell and pouring the egg into a small cup or bowl to make sure we do not have a bad egg . If we need more than one egg , we do each one separately the same way . Then we measure out the amount of oil needed and pour it into the mixing bowl , too . Then my granddaughter mixes up the eggs and oil really well . Next , I measure out the amount of liquid -LRB- water or milk -RRB- called for in the directions . Then we add the cake mix , a little at a time , stirring well to mix . Then I pour the cake batter into the baking pan and spread it evenly with a spatula . Next , I carefully put the cake pan into the oven and set a timer to check it to see if it is done . If it comes out with little or none of the cake batter stuck to the toothpick , it is done and ready to take out of the oven , using pot holders . If there is still gooey stuff on the toothpick , the cake needs to be baked a little longer and then tested again . We are eager to see how our cake turns out . Then we taste a little piece before we put frosting on the rest of the cake . Question: She adds what to the egg and oil mixture? Option1: cake mix Option2: milk or water\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "milk or water\n****\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Delta College starts Street Fair San Joaquin Delta College will introduce its new Summer Street Fair, which runs from noon to 8 p. m every Friday stating this week through Aug. 9 in Delta's L-l parking lot near Pacific Avenue and March Lane. The fair goes with Delta's weekend flea market. This week's featured performers are guitarist Travis Matsumoto from noon to 3 p.m., and Julio and his Jazz Trio from 3 to 6 p.m. Lode Farmers Market opens The Angels Camp Certified Farmers Market begins its yearly run from 5 p.m. to dusk this Friday in Utica Park in downtown Angels Camp. Opening night will feature wine tasting from award-winning Four Winds Cellars, and live music by guitarist Nicholas Leffler. Visitors will find fresh, locally grown produce and specialty foods. There will also be barbecue and California- Mexican fusion cuisine. Join River Rafting for a good cause Whitewater enthusiasts can participate in Mokelumne Rive, Rafting Adventures on June 16 in Mokelumne Hill. Local outfitter O.A.R.S. is donating its services to help with the event. Departures are at 8 a.m., noon, or 4 p.m. The trip should last about three hours. The trip is appropriate for those 7 and older, and the ability to swim is not required. The cost is $ 70 per person. Films center on paddling water The festival is an annual contest that awards winning films that focus on paddling in rivers, lakes and oceans in a variety of locales. Tickets to the film festival are $12 in advance and $15 at the door, and are also available online at ticketriver.com/event/7002-reel-paddling-film-festival. The evening also includes a drawing. Prizes include whitewater trips on the South Fork of the American River. Question: If you are interested in paddling in rivers. - you can know all the American rivers - you must try hard to get many prizes - you can get tickets from a website - you must keep silent in the evening\n(A).\nyou can get tickets from a website\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Having learned much about the War of Resistance against Japan, Mao Jingxin didn't like the Japanese when she was a child. \"I thought they were cruel and rude,\" said the 18-year-old girl from Hebei Province. But she began to change her mind after she met some Japanese teenagers in a history museum six years ago. These fashionable high school students looked seriously at the history displays and talked to Mao in a friendly way. \"I found that they are not bad as I thought,\" she said. Like Mao, many Chinese teenagers' are caught up in this confusion. A survey by 21st Century Teens shows about 51 per cent of Chinese teenagers say they dislike Japan. But most of them still want to have a Japanese friend. Also, Japan lies third on their list of Asian countries that they want to visit, following Singapore and South Korea. Teens did a survey just before the 60th anniversary of the victory day of the War of Resistance against Japan, which fell on September 3. The survey aimed to encourage understanding and communication between young Chinese and Japanese. Teens also wanted to understand Chinese teenagers' attitudes towards Japan, and how much they actually know about the country. As Teens found, more than 60 per cent of Chinese teenagers learn about Japan through the media or books. Only 16 per cent have ever met a Japanese person. \"Most of my friends hate Japan for what it did to China during World War II. But people should not live in hatred. I think the best way to figure it out is to have contact with the Japanese people myself,\" Zhang Yuyuan, a Senior 2 girl, told us in the survey. \"Japan has done wrong to Asian countries including China and it has caused pain to everyone,\" said Hikaru, a 17-year-old girl in Kawasaki . Having visited China four times and learned much, she understands the importance of communication between the two peoples. She plans to join in an exchange programme with Chinese youth. \"Welcome to Japan, my Chinese friends!\" She says it with a smile. Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the survey? - Many teenagers have met a Japanese. - South Korea is the most popular Asian tourist places for Chinese teenagers. - More than half of the teenagers in the survey don't like the Japanese. - Most Chinese teenagers learn about Japan through exchange activities.\n(A).\nMore than half of the teenagers in the survey don't like the Japanese.\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Kai-Fu Lee is one of the most successful Chinese professional managers. He worked for big companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Google. Now he works for himself and he also writes some books. Behind each of his choices is his belief that you should \"lead your life\" rather than \"live your life\". He made his first big decision in 1990. He was then the youngest associate professor of Carnegie Mellon University. If he had stayed a little longer, he would have become a tenured professor. But he decided to join Apple. There, he led his team to many hi-tech miracles , such as the iPod and iPhone which changed the world using hi-tech. In 1996, he went to work in SGI. In 1998, he joined Microsoft and started up Microsoft Research China which is now called Microsoft Research Asia. Because of his effort, it becomes one of the best labs in the world. In 2005, he moved on again, to Google. In his four years there, Google's market share in China jumped from 16% to 30%. Now, he has started his own company \"Innovation Works\". He aims to help new Chinese companies in mobile computing and e-commerce and also help China's young people start up their own business. Young people can send their business ideas to the company. If Lee likes an idea he receives, his company will help to turn the idea into a business. Lee has written several books. His Be Your Personal Bestis a bestseller. His autobiographyMaking a World of Difference: the Kai-Fu Lee Storytells the story of Lee's many successes but also setbacks on the way to becoming a technology and business giant. Question: Which of the following statements about Lee is TRUE? - He left the University because he had to wait long to be a tenured professor. - He set up an excellent lab in Apple. - He left Microsoft for Google because he wanted more market share. - He tries to help young Chinese people build their own business.\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "He tries to help young Chinese people build their own business.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Input: Art review: Terry Frost\nIt's Upstairs, Downstairs at the Royal Academy. Downstairs is the shock-horror of Apocalypse, while upstairs the Sackler gallery has the far more respectable retrospective of Terry Frost RA. It suggests a neat, cynical division of the RA's public into two. But the result is a surprise. Frost began painting in a German prisoner-of-war camp where he spent four years of the second world war, and today lives in Newlyn, Cornwall. His paintings bounce, breathe, make you feel you have been transported to a salty, sunny utopia somewhere between Land's End and Long Island.\n\nThis exhibition makes the best case I've seen for the rather implausible claim that the abstract painters who worked in St Ives after the war were Britain's answer to the New York School. That's not true: British abstract painting was mostly too modest, too dry, too English. But Frost's paintings have some great qualities.\n\nThere's a freedom to the way he slaps on the paint that must surely have something to do with his desire to escape imaginatively from that PoW camp. He throws together a circle, a spiralling squiggle, a series of slanty straight lines. He likes these dollops and blobs and streaks of colour, and his palette - at its most intense in 1950s paintings such as the Tate Gallery's Yellow Triptych (1957-59) - is never confined. What Frost does best is allow dull English colours - the creamy grey of a cloudy morning, the rust and smoke browns of heavy industry in Leeds Painting II (1954-56) - burst into unlikely life, so that Leeds burns gold and bronze.\n\nFrost is also an artist of nature. He's in a British tradition of landscape that has observation of the world as its beginning and end. With Frost, the observation leads into liberating abstract territory; but his painting has a roughness of texture and underlying realism of colour that ground it in the world. That's where the toughness of his early paintings comes from.\n\nFrost never had the massive originality of his American contemporaries. You can see that in the 1960s he started to jump on the latest bandwagons: he puts words in a painting, like the young David Hockney; he has a go at painting like Ellsworth Kelly. In 1974 he moved back to Cornwall and his painting since has been more lightly decorative, without the bite of his early work. But even today, in his 85th year, Frost can do it: Exclamation Mark (2000) rocks off the wall.\n\nPainting is a sensualist's art with little use for irony. Leaving the RA you pass Richard Prince's pictures in the Apoca lypse show. He does mock-1950s abstract paintings over which he prints terrible jokes: \"I was up there in the prison talking to Charlie Manson and he says to me he says 'Is it hot in here or am I crazy?' \" Frost's paintings from the 1950s, the core of his achievement, are abstraction without the irony, and they make Prince's jokes look sad, sad, sad.\n\n• Until November 12. Details: 020-7300 5959. This show is being personally supported by Paul and Alison Myners. Mr Myners is chairman of the Guardian Media Group.\nWhat was this article about?\n++++++++++\nIt's about: Terry Frost Royal Academy, London ***\n\n\nInput: VidCon Members Read Mean Tweets About Themselves\nThis weekend’s VidCon is a gathering of content creators from all over the internet. Naturally, Jimmy Kimmel used the opportunity to have them all read Mean Tweets.\n\nPerhaps because internet stars are so much more used to dealing with hateful comments than the average celebrity, many of them had a quick reply for their haters. Mamrie Hart, for example, talked back to one user’s “eat a d—” insult. “Sorry, I had a big lunch,” she said.\n\nWhen Jus Reign read his error-filled tweet — “Non of his videos has popped quit,” one user wrote in part — he immediately joked, “I think this guy’s having a stroke.”\n\nNot even VidCon founders Hank and John Green were immune from the vitriol. “I stumbled upon a Hank Green video,” wrote one fan. “And it was the most annoying thing I have ever clicked on. And I thought his brother was a douche.”\n\nTyler Oakley, meanwhile, got one that he managed to laugh off. Watch it all go down in the video above.\n\nThis article originally appeared on EW.com\nWhat was this article about?\n++++++++++\nIt's about: VidCon brings out the best in mean tweets\n\n\nInput: How Safe Is Your Slow Cooker?\nSlow cookers are convenient, easy to clean and virtually fool-proof. You just throw your ingredients inside, set the dials, and return a few hours later to a fully cooked meal.\n\nRECIPE: Slow Cooked Beef and Mango Quesadillas\n\nBut why are we so quick to leave our slow cookers unattended? Sure, that’s arguably the whole point, but is it really that safe to leave a hot appliance simmering away on your kitchen countertop while you’re away at work?\n\nREAD: Ten Ways to Make Your Home Safer\n\n“It’s not safe to leave any appliance on without someone in the house,” says Jim Long, the public information director of the New York Fire Department. And though he personally doesn’t recall a recent incident in which a slow cooker was to blame for a fire, he says that the FDNY has seen “all sorts of cooking-type incidents, from appliances to hot plates.”\n\n“I don’t believe that it’s safe … to exit your apartment or home, with this kind of method of preparation,” he adds.\n\nSlow cooker manufacturers Crock-Pot®, however, beg to differ. While they suggest certain safety precautions in their instruction manuals, the company responds affirmatively to the question, “Can the Crock-Pot® Slow Cooker be used unattended?” on the Frequently Asked Questions section of their website. Their answer, in full, reads as follows:\n\nYes. Crock-Pot® Slow Cookers are safe for countertop cooking for extended periods of time. If holding food on the warm setting for a long time, cut back on the cook time accordingly to reduce overcooking.\n\nAileen Fanjul, a representative of the Crock-Pot® brand at Jarden Consumer Solutions, says the appliance doesn't need to be monitored at all times. \"It is safe to leave your Crock-Pot® slow cooker on while you are out of the house,\" she states. \"The slow cooker runs on very low wattage, allowing you to cook a meal over an 8-10 hour period of time. Programmable units include an Auto-Shift to Warm feature, automatically shifting the unit to a Warm setting once the set cook time is up.\"\n\nThat being said, Fanjul also recommends that Crock-Pot® users follow the proper safety precautions. \"Always make sure to fill your slow cooker between one-half and three-quarters and the unit is placed on a hard, flat surface,\" she says. When the unit is on, Fanjul adds that users should keep the power cord away from the edges of their surface areas, and only use the side or lid handles when coming into contact with the Crock-Pot®.\n\nBut, of course, one single company can’t speak for other manufacturers of slow cookers. For each and every make and model, it’s best that a home chef “follow all directions and manufacturer’s recommendations,” according to FDNY veteran Long.\n\nEven still, Long doesn’t recommend walking away from an operating slow cooker. “Never leave candles unattended,” he says, illustrating his point with an analogy. “When and if using any cooking appliance, be in the area. Be available to operate it safely.”\n\nThe bottom line? “It’s better to operate safely,” Long says, than to be sorry.\nWhat was this article about?\n++++++++++\nIt's about:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "We've heard we can walk away from these appliances, but is that a 'crock'?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Life can be so wonderful, full of adventure and joy. It can also be full of challenges, setbacks and heartbreaks. Whatever our circumstances, we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires--that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones. Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place. This tension between what we feel we can have and what we are seemingly able to have is niggling suffering, the anxiety we feel. This is where we usually think it is easier to just give up. But we are never meant to let go of the part of us that knows we can have more. The intelligence behind that knowing is us--the real us. It's the part that believes in life and its possibilities. If you drop that, you begin to feel a little \"dead\" inside because you are dropping \"you\". So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns? Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time. This is good advice for a new adventure or just getting through today's challenges. While, deep down, we know we can do it, our mind--or the minds of those close to us--usually say we can't. That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again. It has done it many times before. It's all about starting simple and doing it now. Decide and act before overthinking. When you do this you may feel a little, or large, _ and you will be on your way. Question: What does the author intend to tell us? - It's easier than we think to get what we want. - It's important to learn to accept sufferings in life. - It's impractical to change our way of thinking. - It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.\n(Answer)\nIt's easier than we think to get what we want.\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: On a hill 600 feet above the surrounding land, we watch the lines of rain move across the scene, the moon rise over the hills, and the stars appear in the sky. The views invite a long look from a comfortable chair in front of the wooden house. Every window in our wooden house has a view, and the forest and lakes seldom look the same as the hour before. Each look reminds us where we are. There is space for our three boys to play outside, to shoot arrows, collect tree seeds, build earth houses and climb trees. Our kids have learned the names of the trees, and with the names have come familiarity and appreciation. As they tell all who show even a passing interest, maple makes the best fighting sticks and white pines are the best climbing trees. The air is clean and fresh. The water from the well has a pleasant taste, and it is perhaps the healthiest water our kids will ever drink. Though they have one glass a day of juice and the rest is water, they never say anything against that. _ We watch the maples turn every shade of yellow and red in the fall and note the poplars' putting out the first green leaves of spring. The rainbow smelt fills the local steam as the ice gradually disappears, and the wood frogs start to sing in pools after being frozen for the winter. A family of birds rules our skies and flies over the lake. Question: What is the main purpose of the author writing the text? - To describe the beauty of the scene around the house. - To introduce her children's happy life in the forest. - To show that living in the forest is healthful. - To share the joy of living in the nature.\n(Answer)\nTo share the joy of living in the nature.\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: English Conversation Leader: Mandi Ashmore english@ iwc-lausanne. org We meet on Mondays at 14:30 at the IWC clubhouse. We chat for about an hour and discuss everything. Mandi asks \"students\" to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together. French Conversation, Advanced Beginner Leader: Marielle Sulmoni frenchconvo@ iwc-lausanne. org I'm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage. I hold an advanced beginners' French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14:30 16:00. We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere. I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer. French Language Lab, Beginner Leader: Maija Remlinger frenchlab@ iwc-lausanne. org The group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15:00-16:30 at the clubhouse. The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book \"Easy French Reader\", working on pronunciation and phrasing. During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from \"New French with Ease\" and work on oral comprehension. French Conversation, Advanced Leader: Juliette Brull french@ iwc-lausanne, org We meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9:30-11:00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie. Question: Why are you advised to contact Mandi? - To check the arrangement. - To exchange ideas. - To decide the topics. - To ask for leave.\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "To check the arrangement.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "question: Complete the next sentence:\n\nHow to buy bird baths \nDecide where you want to put the bird bath before you get it. \nThis will prevent you from having to keep it somewhere else if you don't have enough space. Consider placing the bird bath in your backyard.\nOPTIONS:\n- Chicken baths can also be placed in a swimming pool, depending on the size of your house. When choosing the bath location, use the simplest facts.\n- This may increase indoor interest as birds spend more time inside their homes. Pick a space that is away from fire and other flammable materials (such as wires, rocks, etc.\n- Make sure you have a wide open space that you can put it in. Bird baths can be very big and take up room.\n- This way you can get it near your swimming pool, near your family area or all over your house, but still avoid placing your bird bath somewhere that won't get dirty. If it gets soiled, throw it away.\n\nanswer: Make sure you have a wide open space that you can put it in. Bird baths can be very big and take up room.\n\nProblem: Write the next sentence for:\nHow to be noticed by your idol on twitter \nUse the right tone when tweeting. \nYour own twitter account and tweets will likely play a big part in getting a reply from your idol. Depending on who your idol is, they may or may not appreciate certain tone, language, or other elements of your tweets.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Use a lower pitch when promoting a twitter post to impress your idol. Try using sharped text messages instead of tweets to promote a post or message.\n- You want to keep the tone warm and encouraging rather than sarcastic. You should use louder tones for political posts or comments.\n- One way to be noticed is to convey a magnetic effect. Make your tweets and posts appear magnetic, especially if you're making a lot of money.\n- Try to use language that you think your idol will most enjoy. For example, a profanity loaded tweet sent to martha stewart is highly unlikely to be noticed..\n\nNext sentence: Try to use language that you think your idol will most enjoy. For example, a profanity loaded tweet sent to martha stewart is highly unlikely to be noticed.\n\ncontext: We see a man in a barber shop and see images of the shop. The barber speaks cut with scenes of a barber shop. we\n\nOPTIONS:\n- then see the scene switch to the barber shop.\n- see cut with images but we see nothing.\n- see a lady order wax paper and a barber shop.\n- see a union jack flag on the arm of a chair.\n****\nnext sentence for the context: see a union jack flag on the arm of a chair.\n\nIN: What happens next?\n\nHow to be a professional skateboarder \nGet really good on the skateboard. \nYou won't get any pro stats if you can't even kickflip. You must be able to at least know how to do every basic trick.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Get a solid throwing arm and leg. You should have a good throwing arm and leg, but without them, the skate tricks won't be able to be a success.\n- If you've got the left hand foot, and you feel like the board is moving just right, skip the next thing until you have the right hand foot. That pretty much sums up all of the tricks you can learn, just take it aside and see what you can learn.\n- Learn the rudiments, the backkicks, the jump tricks, etc. Learn the saddle flexes, over the shoulder and overswing.\n- Post videos online that shows any variations you can do. This may be hard to accept, but no one wants to see how you rolled off a curb about 6 inches (15.\n\nOUT: Post videos online that shows any variations you can do. This may be hard to accept, but no one wants to see how you rolled off a curb about 6 inches (15.\n\nProblem: How does the next paragraph end?\n\nHe also mixes in sugar and rum and whisks the drink. He finally adds a bowl full of water and stirs it well. he\n\nOPTIONS:\n- styles and flattens the drink before toasting it.\n- pours the beverage in cocktail glasses and places it on the kitchen counter.\n- then pours the drink into a glass and adds ice and chocolate chips.\n- slides the glass then adds lime juice.\nA: pours the beverage in cocktail glasses and places it on the kitchen counter.\n\ncontext: How to get through a boring car ride \nTake travel board games. \nTake card games like bohnanza, uno, pit and tichu. \nBring your ipod or mp3.\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Have a tire iron or a power washer on in your car at all times. Set goals for how many miles you will drive before you become bored with the car or if your favourite techniques work.\n- Especially if you have an annoying sibling or parents who sing cheesy sing-alongs. It would also be great if the songs on the radio aren't your taste.\n- Bring wak through de vader roaming videos. Keep a travel alarm ready, if you're going to get a bad feeling then use the cabin.\n- Place it in the backpack on your back if you have just that. Put in a watch if you do not have one.\n****\nnext sentence for the context:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Especially if you have an annoying sibling or parents who sing cheesy sing-alongs. It would also be great if the songs on the radio aren't your taste.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "\"Yes, and\" is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that a participant in a dialogue should accept what another participant has stated (\"Yes\") and then expand on that line of thought or context (\"and...\"). Given a prompt and two responses, identify which response is the type of \"yes, and\". Indicate your answer by 'Response 1' if the first response is correct, otherwise 'Response 2'. Note that a \"Yes, and\" does not require someone explicitly saying 'yes, and...' as part of a dialogue exchange.\n\nQ: Prompt: Holy China, can we stop fighting? This is too aggressive. \n Response 1: Yeah, we've only got two and a half hours before we gotta go out on stage. \n Response 2: It's almost like it's related to you or something.\n\nA: Response 1\n****\nQ: Prompt: Unmarried means I live somewhere else and don't see you very often. \n Response 1: So, no biggie. You never really liked your father, anyway. \n Response 2: Right, what we need to do to defeat his legion of terra cotta seven foot women.\n\nA: Response 1\n****\nQ: Prompt: If we're at Tommy Bahama, should the music we play be like Jimmy Buffet? That feels like a home run. \n Response 1: I have to be honest with you, and it's hard for me to acknowledge when I'm wrong. But I've never googled the Bahamas. And in my mind, everything down in on the islands is Jamaica. I just picture everything is reggae. \n Response 2: Yeah, I was hesitant, but I want to be best friends with my daughter.\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Response 1\n****\n", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: For many in the United States,Arab-Americans are an invisible part of the population.Though Arab-Americans as a community have made great contributions to American society in fields from literature to politics to medicine,many Americans know very little about Americans of Arab backgrounds. Arab history in the United States goes back to the late 1800's when large numbers of Arab immigrants first began making their journey to a land known simply as\"Amreeka\". Historians generally describe Arab immigration to America in two waves.The first wave took place between 1860 and 1924.The first wave consisted of Lebanese and Syrian,and some Egyptian immigrants.These new immigrants,who were mostly Christian,came to America in search of better opportunities.Even the doomed Titanic,which set sail for America in 1912,had close to a hundred Arab passengers aboard.The majority of Arab-Americans today are descendents of the first wave of immigrants;they are the third or more generation Americans. The second wave of immigrants followed after World War II,caused by political unrest in the Middle East.This second wave of immigrants consists of mainly Arab Muslims and continues to this day. Arab-Americans make up 3 million of the population in the United States,according to demographers.And quite different from popular belief,64 percent of them are American-born.Eighty-two percent of Arab-Americans are US citizens. Arab-Americans are beyond the national average in both education and income.Education is important among Arab-Americans;82 percent have high school diplomas,36 percent have bachelor's degrees or higher,and 15 percent have graduate degrees.The-median average income among Arab-Americans is $39 580,which is higher than the US average.\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: What would be the best title for the text?Options:A Arabs in America.B The Two Arab Immigration Waves to America.C Arab-Americans,Contributions to America.D Arab-Americans,Education and Income.Answer:A\n\ninput question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: July is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for July, consider these ideas happening in this month. Secret of the Dragon Time Monday, July1, 2014, 10:30 a.m. Cost Adult:$7.40 Children(under15): half Booking Phone the booking office:34032578 Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about 2 children who are taken on a dragon ride to explore the universe. The Search for life: Are We Alone? Time Thursday, July4, 2014, 2:00 p.m. Cost Adult:$14.50 ,Children(under15):$8.70 Booking Phone the booking office:34037689 Address Brisbane Botanic Gardens Note Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show. Magic Class Time Friday, July12, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Cost Free Booking Please call 34038470 to book your Place. Address Centenary Community hub, 171 Dandenong Rd Note Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party. Science with Me: Making your own guitar Time Saturday, July20, 2014, 3:00 p.m. Cost Free Booking Please call 34031226 to book your Place. Address 10, Egginton Close Note Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mum? Science with Me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you.???\noutput answer: Question: What do the four activities have in common?Options:A They are all free.B They happen in the same place.C They are all weekend activities.D They can all be booked on phone.Answer:D\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Most cellphone companies design models especially for kids. But parents are usually the ones buying the phones. According to a July 2012 study, 56% of parents of children aged 8 to 12 have given their children a cellphone. The number goes up with age. The study just proves what many people already guessed: many kids, if not most, have their own cellphones. According to a recent survey, 12 is the magic number. It is the most common age for kids to get their first cellphone. But 13% of children aged 6 to 10 already have one. People who are for kids' using cellphones, including many parents, notice that cellphones help kids keep in touch with their friends and families. They believe that cellphones are an important tool in a dangerous situation. Kids can reach their parents at all times. And some people say having a cellphone helps teach kids to be responsible. Some cellphones designed for kids can be set to only work when parents approve . What's the harm in that? But other people are worried about the health and safety effects of kids' cellphones. They believe that kids with cellphones will spend less time playing outside with friends, and that sending text messages or making phone calls while doing homework makes it difficult for kids to concentrate. They say that kids are spending too much time texting instead of talking to each other. \"Our brains developed to communicate face to face,\" says Gary Small, a teacher at the UCLA School of Medicine, in California. \"A lot of this is lost with texting.\" Another worry is cyber bullying , which is on the rise as more kids use e-mail and text messages to communicate. And some experts are worried about possible health risks. They worry that energy waves produced by cellphones could be harmful to young people. To be safe, parents should not let them talk long on the phone.\n----\nAnswer: Question: We can learn from the text that _ .Options:A there're cellphones specially designed for kids on the marketB kids aged 6 to 10 have more cellphones than kids at other agesC kids who have cellphones have fewer friends than those who don'tD cellphones help kids improve their relationships with friends and familiesAnswer:A\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: But what is teacher quality? How can one measure it reliably? An analysis is issued on a sample of data from a Texas school district. Experts argue convincingly that teacher effectiveness should be measured by students' gains on standardized tests: Mr. Smith is probably a better teacher than Ms. Brown if his students consistently improve their test scores more than hers do. Though this approach is appealing, there are tricky issues. For example, what if Ms. Brown teaches in a school where students score so high there is little room for improvement? The authors try to correct for this problem, as well as other sorts of measurement issues, to generate a measurement of teacher effectiveness. The paper is primarily concerned with how this measure is related to other observable characteristics. The first finding is that there is a large variation in teacher effectiveness: some teachers consistently have a larger impact on their students' achievement than others. Second, easily observable characteristics like having a master's degree or a passing score on the teacher certification exam are not correlated with teacher effectiveness. Then what does matter? The most important single influence is experience: first-year teachers are much less effective than others. The second year is significantly better, and by the fourth year, _ . It is not entirely clear whether this experience effect is learning by doing (the more you teach, the more effective you become) or survival of the fittest (those who are not good at teaching tend to drop out early.) From my reading of the paper, both effects appear important and there is no simple answer. The data do suggest, however, that teacher effectiveness is pretty clear by the end of the second year, so the information to make an informed decision is available at that time. The authors also investigate the contentious issue of racial matching of students and teachers. Here they find strong evidence that minority teachers tend to be more effective with minority students. Again, it is...\n++++++++\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The author of this passage holds the view that _ .Options:A teachers will perform better with time passingB ineffective teachers should leave earlier rather than laterC teacher's effectiveness is apparent after a couple of yearsD a master's degree will improve teacher's effectivenessAnswer:A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: A recent housing project in Helsinki offers remarkably cheap apartments for those under the age of 25. They must commit to spending time with their older neighbors. Helsinki offers 247-suqare-foot studio apartments with a bathroom, storage space, kitchen, and balcony for only $272 every month--about a third of the average price for a studio in the city. The apartment is inside homes for the elderly, and the young renter must spend between three to five hours with their elderly neighbors each week. Like pretty much all other major cities in the world, Finland's capital of Helsinki has faced rapid population growth in recent years. And with population growth, comes an inevitable rise in the cost of living, and of course, sharp increase in rent. Currently, Helsinki is ranked 14th on the list of the world's most expensive cities. For those young and freshly independent, this causes terrible problems -- even homelessness. \"It's a very expensive city to live in,\" Mr. Bostrom writes in an email to CNN's Eoghan Macguire. \"If you manage to get an apartment that the city owns, it can be quite affordable. The screening criteria included the ability to participate in a variety of activities, such as cooking or playing instruments, but the number of applicants for those apartments is so high that waiting list takes forever,\" he says. According to Helsinki's Youth Housing Association, the city council aims to ensure that every young person will have a home by 2018. Miki Mielonen, a representative of the youth department, says this project, currently in its trial stages, will help out young people while offering social benefits to senior citizens. \"I think there is quite a rigid opinion in Finland with many people thinking young of the old ideas that we are going to break down.\" Question: Helsinki probably rents a cheap apartment to a young man who _ . - reaches the age of 25 - has financial problems - promises to accompany the elderly - agrees to share it with his neighbor\n\nAns:promises to accompany the elderly\n-----\nQues:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: There are over one million superstitions , and most people believe at least one or two of them. Many people are superstitious about numbers. They think that there are lucky numbers and unlucky numbers. The number 13 is often considered unlucky. In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no houses with the number 13. In Japan, \"4\" is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word \"four\" is pronounced the same as the word \"death\" . Japanese never give gifts of four knives, four napkins, or four of anything. What are the lucky numbers? Seven is a lucky number in many places, and \"8\" is considered a lucky number in Japan and China. In China, businesses often open on August 8, and many couples register to get married at eight past eight on August 8. Superstitions about numbers are so widespread that some people--called numerologist--make a living by giving advice about numbers. In 1937, when the Toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company, they asked a numerologist if \"Toyoda\" would be a good name for the company. The numerologist said it would not be. He explained that \"Toyota\" would be a better name for the company. The family took his advice. As a result, millions of people drive \"Toyota\" and not \"Toyoda\" . There are many other kinds of superstitions. There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and itching . There are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes. There are even superstitions about superstitions. Those superstitions will tell people how to reverse bad luck. When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again. According to a Japanese superstition, the first-bump means their parents will die, but the second bump \"erases\" the first bump To reverse bad luck in general, people turn around three times, turn their pockets inside out, or put their hats on backwards. In the United States, baseball players sometimes wear their caps backwards when their team is losing. It looks silly, but the baseball players do not mind if it... Question: If a Japanese purposely bumps his head again after an accidental bump, we can be sure that . - he is mad - he is happy - he is superstitious - he is very sad\n\nAns:he is superstitious\n-----\nQues:Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail spectacularly often flourish more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit Desai, assistant professor of management at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Researchers have found that people missing their goals perform much better in the long run. That is because they gain more knowledge from their failures than their successes and the lessons are more likely to stay longer in their minds. \"We found that the knowledge gained from success was often fleeting while knowledge from failure stuck around for years,\" said professor Desai, who led the study. \"But companies often ignore failure. Managers may fire people or turn over the whole workforce while they should treat the failure as a learning opportunity.\" Prof Desai compared the flights of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Challenger. During the 2002 Atlantis flight, a piece of insulation broke off and damaged the left solid rocket booster but didn't influence the program. There was little investigation. The Challenger was launched next and another piece of insulation broke off. This time the shuttle and its seven-person crew were destroyed. The disaster led to a major investigation resulting in 29 changes to prevent future disasters. The difference in response in the two cases came down to this: Atlantis was considered a success and the Challenger a failure. \"Despite crowded skies, airlines are extremely reliable,\" he said. \"The number of failures is extremely small. And past researches have shown that older airlines, those with more experience in failure, have a lower number of accidents.\" Prof Desai doesn't recommend finding out failure in order to learn. Instead, he advises organizations to analyze small failures to collect useful information rather than wait for major failures. Question: The passage is written mainly to _ . - show failure is a better teacher than success - explain why Challenger failed - introduce something about Prof Desai - tell managers how to achieve success\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "show failure is a better teacher than success\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Article: Hello! The University of Hawaii is located just outside of downtown Honolulu in green Manoa valley.We invite you to visit and want to let you know about our learning programs, the richness of our culture, the beauty of our environment, the spirit of our students and teachers, advanced equipment and modern buildings.We look forward to seeing you come.The following information is given so that your visit will be as easy as possible. You should get in touch with us ahead of time.You may directly contact the office of the College to schedule appointment service at 1--877-447-3233. To arrange a campus tour, please hand in a request through our Online Campus Visit Request Form. Tours are on weekdays: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00a.m.--9:30a.m.: Meet with a University Representative 9:30a.m.--11:30a.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM (The University of Hawaii Manoa ) student Tuesday & Thursday 1:00p.m.--l:30p.m.: Meet with a University Representative l:30p.m.--3:30p.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM student You also can get in touch with us by: Phone Number: 1 (877) 447-3233, or 1 (808) 956-6524 E-mail: visituhm@hawaii.edu How do you get to UHM? It is in Honolulu less than 3 miles away from Waikiki and about 9 miles from Honolul International Airport. By car: From Waikiki and from Honolulu International Airport Taxi: Taxi fare to UHM is about $25.00, except baggage charges and a tip of 10 to 15percent. Public bus: Luggage is allowed on city buses. Bus stops are on the second floor of the airport.A one-way fare is $2.00(in exact change). Question: The purpose of writing the passage is _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"to make your visit to the campus as easy as possible\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Their cheery song brightens many a winter's day. But robins are in danger of wearing themselves out by singing too much. Robins are singing all nightas well as during the day, British-based researchers say. David Dominoni, of Glasgow University, said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds' biological clock, leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep. Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds' health at risk. His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day. And the more birds are exposed to light, the more active they are at night. He told people at a conference, \"There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing. Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy. So by increasing their song output, there might be some costs of energy.\" And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light. Blackoiids and seagulls are also being more nocturnal. Dr Dominoni said, \"In Glasgow where I live, gulls are a serious problem. I have people coming to me saying `You are the bird expert. Can you help us kill these gulls?'.During the breeding season, between April and June, they are very active at night and very noisy and people can't sleep.\" Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise. However, some birds thrive in noisy environments. A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery. It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators fleeing to quieter areas. Question: Why do some birds thrive in noisy environments? Yes or no, is the answer \"Because there are fewer dangers.\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Some people don't mind being fat. Other people can keep slim( ) without any effort. But a lot of people do put on too much weight and don't like it. The question is : what can they do about it? Some believe exercise can be helpful. But the trouble is that it only makes you want to eat more. You might sweat out a couple of pounds playing tennis or climbing a mountain, but you put it all back on again with a big steak or bread and jam. A helpful way is food - choosing. But what sort of food should you choose? Some believe that the less they eat, the slimmer they will be. They don' t eat anything until they become weak with hunger. Some stick to milk and bananas. You' 11 find you need a lot of bananas, and unless you live where they grow, they aren't cheap. Another theory says that if you eat things like hard - boiled eggs, apples with their skins on, and lean meat which are hard for your stomach to digest, the more you eat, the thinner you get. This is because you use up the fat in your body to get the energy to digest the food. For most of us these methods are too extreme . The simplest way is just to cut down on the carbohydrates; that means not eating bread, potatoes, cakes, sugar, rice , and so on and eating anything else you like. It' s straight -- forward and often quite effective. Still others like to be more scientific. They are calorie counters. They get a table which tells them that, for example, 100 grams of roast leg of lamb give you 330 calories and a 50 gram of Yorkshire pudding gives you 130 calories. Question: The practical method suggested in this passage means _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"not eating many carbohydrates\"?\nAns: No\n\nQues: Article: Here are Important Travel Notices from United Airlines, March 20, 2016 7:12 AM. Information is updated as it is received. * 1. Travel and the Zika virus If you have a ticket for travel to a country affected by the Zika virus (as listed on the CDC website) and have concerns, please contact the United Customer Contact Center with any questions or changes to your reservation. Customers advised to avoid the affected regions based on CDC guidance may change their destination or travel date without a fee or may choose to receive a refund if their tickets were booked before February 29, 2016. The new travel date must be within the validity of the ticket. Additional charges may apply if there is a difference in fare for the new travel route. * 2. Longer lines at security checkpoints Procedural changes at TSA checkpoints throughout the United States may result in longer lines at security checkpoints. Please plan accordingly and allow for extra time at the airport. The TSA advises arriving at the airport two hours before your flight for US travel and three hours before for international travel. To save time at security, we encourage you to visit www.tsa.gov.com and apply for TSA pre-check. * 3. Notice for flights departing the European Union, Norway and Switzerland EU Regulation 261/2004 requires airlines to provide the following notice: If you are not allowed to board or if your flight is cancelled or delayed for at least two hours, ask at the check-in counter or boarding gate for the form, stating your rights, particularly about compensation and assistance. Question: Travelers have to pay additional fees when they want to _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"change to a dearer route\"?\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: OPTIONS:\n- Li Jing is a student from China Youth University for Electronic Sciences.\n- Most college students earn more pocket money by taking up parttime jobs.\n- It's not a good idea to ask five roommates to buy one oven together.\n- You should think twice before buying something from online stores.\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: With limited pocket money in hand,many Chinese college students are increasingly opting to live life \"low cost\".One way to save money is teambuying.Online teambuying offers huge discounts and becomes popular on campus. Li Jing,a student at China Youth University for Political Sciences,for example,says she often buys movie tickets on teambuying websites.But while they offer a good opportunity to save money,Li said she would \"think twice before buying them from online stores\".Because many of them are \"a bit chaotic \",and have fake goods mixed among them.Then why don't the students just earn more pocket money by taking up parttime jobs?Guo Na,a teacher at the Communication University of China,said most college students were unlikely to choose workstudy programs to earn pocket money because of their intensive study schedules. A kind of card called \"VELO\" has become another ideal choice for many money savers.It provides allround discounts while dining out or shopping in general.Cao Zuyang,a student at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China,often searches for sales online and buys things together with friends to cut down on costs.Cao once wanted to buy an electromagnetic oven ,which was on sale at a shopping website.He then asked five dormitory roommates to pitch in for the oven.Each student only paid 25 yuan. Most students find it difficult to deal with the expense of accommodation while traveling.So they choose to travel to cities where they have friends and live in their dorms.For instance,Ge Rui,a student at the Hebei University of Technology,has been to many cities where he has friends.\"Friends can act as free guides,offer me free accommodation,give me valuable tour information,and broaden my mind at the same time,\" he said.He also had friends from other cities coming over and living with him when they visited his city. Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE? Answer:\nAnswer: You should think twice before buying something from online stores.\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- It discovered some lifestyle changes which can lead to better health.\n- It made it possible to measure the benefits brought by lifestyle changes.\n- It found that people can improve their health through lifestyle changes.\n- It assigned different scores to encourage people to live a healthier life.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: People who drink moderately , exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday. Much evidence has shown these things contribute to healthier and longer lives, but the new study actually quantified their combined effect, the British team said. \"These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference to health in the population,\" the researchers wrote in the journal PLoS Medicine. Between 1993 and 1997 the researchers questioned 20,000 healthy British men and women about their lifestyles. They also tested every participant's blood to measure vitamin C intake, which shows how much fruit and vegetables people ate. Then they assigned the participants aged 45-79 a score of between 0 and 4, giving one point for each of the healthy behaviours. After allowing for age and other factors that could affect the possibility of dying, the researchers determined people with a score of 0 were four times as likely to have died. Also a person with a health score of 0 had the same risk of dying as someone with a health score of 4 who was 14 years older. The lifestyle change with the biggest benefit was giving up smoking, which led to an 80 percent improvement in health, followed by eating fruits and vegetables. Moderate drinking and keeping active brought the same benefits. With this information, public-health officials should now be better encouraging behavior changes likely to improve the health of middle-aged and older people. Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE about the new study? Answer:\n****\nA: It made it possible to measure the benefits brought by lifestyle changes.\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Our youngest child eagerly entered kindergarten, while our oldest child excitedly went to college--and I felt left behind. After being very happy as a stay-at-home mother of six children, I suddenly felt stuck on a dead-end road and lacked direction. An inner anxiety troubled me that life was passing by. The road, requiring expensive education, appeared too long and difficult. Thanks to supportive friends and family, I eventually discovered the road sign pointing to the ideal program at an excellent college, which offered a lot of student grants . Driving to my first class, I, aged 40, was eager and nervous. School required sacrifices : weekends for class, sleep for study, and life's luxuries for tuition fees. But the rewards greatly outweighed the cost. The narrow and rocky road developed perseverance and patience, while the smooth and open road built low confidence. Along the way, I met fellow travelers of all ages and interests: a 50-year-old woman who learned photography at the community college; a successful 62-year-old businessman who worked toward a nursing degree to serve in developing countries; an 80-year-old woman who enthusiastically started classes to learn how to surf the Internet, so she could keep up with the world. Twelve years after starting the journey as a non-traditional student, I graduated with a doctoral degree in literature. My children have been especially proud, calling me Dr. Mom. When you hear the small, still voice asking you to do something more or different, remember you can trust your heart. Question: How did the author feel after her youngest child entered kindergarten? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- She felt proud of her children.\n- She felt eager to go back to work.\n- She felt both very anxious and helpless.\n- She felt worried about her children's growth.\nShe felt both very anxious and helpless.\n\n\ninput: OPTIONS:\n- to focus on the differences between the two\n- to lay emphasis on the similarities between the two\n- to simplify the concept of the human genome\n- to give an exact description of the human genome Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Imagine that the genome is a book.The book consists of 23 chapters with thousands of stories made up of paragraphs, words and letters on different levels.There are one billion words in the book, as long as 800 Bibles; if I read the genome out to you at the rate of one word per second for eight hours a day, it would take me centuries; if I wrote out the human genome, one letter per millimeter, my text would be as long as the River Danube.This is a huge volume, a book of great length, but it all fits inside an extremely small cell nuclear that fits easily upon the head of a pin. The idea of the genome as a book is not, strictly speaking, even a metaphor.It is true to a great extent.A book is a piece of digital information, written in one-directional form and defined by a code that translates a small alphabet of signs into a large dictionary of meanings through the order of their groupings.So is a genome.The only difference is that all English books read from left to right, while some parts of the genome read from left to right while some from right to left, but never both at the same time. While English books are written in words of different lengthens using twenty-six letters, genomes are written entirely in words of three-letter length, using only four letters, and instead of being written on flat pages, they are written on long chains of DNA molecules . The genome is a very clever book, because in the right condition it can both photocopy itself and read itself. Question: The real purpose of the author's comparison of the genome to a book is _ . Answer:\nA:\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "to simplify the concept of the human genome", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: I can use this background: During late adulthood, the risk of developing diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer continues to rise. Most people also have a decline in strength and stamina. Their senses may start failing, and their reflex time typically increases. Their immune system also doesn’t work as well as it used to. As a result, common diseases like the flu may become more serious and even lead to death. The majority of late adults develop arthritis, and as many as one in four develop Alzheimer’s disease. Now, I have a new situation: Robert and his son Michael are going to the doctor for their yearly physical. Robert is currently in the late adulthood phase of his life. Michael, on the other hand, just began adulthood and is still quite young. Both of them want to ask the doctor about their risks for future health problems. Answer this question please: Who is less likely to develop cancer?\n++++++++++\noutput: Michael\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: I can use this background: Excess intake of calcium may cause hypercalcaemia. However, because calcium is absorbed rather inefficiently by the intestines, high serum calcium is more likely caused by excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) or possibly by excessive intake of vitamin D, both which facilitate calcium absorption. It may also be due to bone destruction that occurs when tumours metastasize within bone. All these conditions result in excess calcium salts being deposited in the heart, blood vessels, or kidneys. Symptoms include anorexia, nausea, vomiting, memory loss, confusion, muscle weakness, increased urination, dehydration, and metabolic bone disease. Chronic hypercalcaemia typically leads to calcification of soft tissue and its serious consequences: for example, calcification can cause loss of elasticity of vascular walls and disruption of laminar blood flow—and thence to plaque rupture and thrombosis. Conversely, inadequate calcium or vitamin D intakes may result in hypocalcaemia, often caused also by inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone or defective PTH receptors in cells. Symptoms include neuromuscular excitability, which potentially causes tetany and disruption of conductivity in cardiac tissue. Now, I have a new situation: Two brothers went to the doctor's office for a medical exam and blood tests. Dan found out he is healthy and had normal blood cholesterol and calcium levels. Ben however, was told that he had a disease called hypercalcaemia and had to start a treatment for that. Answer this question please: Which brother didn't have excess calcium salts deposited in the kidneys?\n++++++++++\noutput: Dan\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: I can use this background: The major zones in river ecosystems are determined by the river bed's gradient or by the velocity of the current. Faster moving turbulent water typically contains greater concentrations of dissolved oxygen, which supports greater biodiversity than the slow moving water of pools. These distinctions form the basis for the division of rivers into upland and lowland rivers. The food base of streams within riparian forests is mostly derived from the trees, but wider streams and those that lack a canopy derive the majority of their food base from algae. Anadromous fish are also an important source of nutrients. Environmental threats to rivers include loss of water, dams, chemical pollution and introduced species. A dam produces negative effects that continue down the watershed. The most important negative effects are the reduction of spring flooding, which damages wetlands, and the retention of sediment, which leads to loss of deltaic wetlands. Now, I have a new situation: Two rivers spring from the same mountain. Olt was a fast moving river, while Mures river was slow moving and deep. Both rivers are very important for the local economies. Answer this question please: Which river had a less turbulent water?\n++++++++++\noutput: Mures\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: I can use this background: Mass is a measure of the amount of matter in a substance or an object. The basic SI unit for mass is the kilogram (kg), but smaller masses may be measured in grams (g). To measure mass, you would use a balance. In the lab, mass may be measured with a triple beam balance or an electronic balance, but the old-fashioned balance pictured below may give you a better idea of what mass is. If both sides of this balance were at the same level, it would mean that the fruit in the left pan has the same mass as the iron object in the right pan. In that case, the fruit would have a mass of 1 kg, the same as the iron. As you can see, however, the fruit is at a higher level than the iron. This means that the fruit has less mass than the iron, that is, the fruit's mass is less than 1 kg. Now, I have a new situation: Johnathan is trying to find two blocks of wood with the same mass for a project he is working on. He doesn't have a balance, so he makes a crude one out of materials he has on hand. He put a block of wood on either side and the block on the left side was at a lower level than the block on the right. Sarah is using a traditional balance to estimate the mass of her peppers. She wants to make 1 kg bushels to sell at the farmers market so she puts a 1 kg weight on the right side and the peppers on the left side. Answer this question please: If the 1 kg weight is higher than the peppers does Sarah need to add more peppers or remove peppers?\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "remove peppers", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In this task, you're given an article and an answer. Your task is to generate the question for the answer based on the given article.\nExample: Article: There are a lot of public libraries in Britain. These libraries have more than one hundred and fifteen million books, not including those libraries of public schools. Public libraries not only lend books, music records but also help children, patients in hospitals and others to get special play readings, film shows and so on. The first public libraries were founded in about the year 1850. Today's public libraries usually have a reading-room, a lending room and a reference room. The greatest and most famous library in Britain is that of the British Library in London. It was founded in 1973 and has over 10, 000, 000 books. It has nearly every magazine, newspaper and book published in Britain and other parts across the world. \n Answer: 10,000,000 or less.\nExample solution: How many books are there in the British Library?\nExample explanation: In the Article, 10,000,000 is mentioned for the number of books available in the British Library, so this is a good question.\n\nProblem: Article: Space tourism might be the dream of many people on the planet, but a journey to space is not is not as easy as simply buying some tickets at a travel search engine;it is only reserved for the privileged few that can afford the cost.. One of the options that impressed me most is the one offered by a company called Space Adventures. What they have in place is a space tourism program that slows you to travel with the Soyuz to the International Space Station (ISS).The trip starts a few months in advance with intensive training dealing mainly with gravity operations, fight control and survival activities. When all tins training is over, your space trip begins. The trip can be planned exactly according to your needs, whether you're going for scientific research , or simply for an adventure. I doubt whether you will find any other kind of trip that has such a thorough preparation period beforehand. One of the great things to do, even if it makes your space trip a bit more expensive, is that you could go on a space walk during your trip. _ would definitely be a good opportunity to dance outside with your loved one to a slow waltz...Sorry, I forget there's no sound in space! Whatever option you choose, the only obstacle you might face is the cost. All the other requirements seem to be less than those for getting a visa to a foreign country. Generally your height should be between 160 and 185 cm, your weight between 50and 95 kg and be in good health. Finally ,in answer to the question you've been wondering about .Granted, space tourism is expensive, but exactly how expensive would a normal scheduled flight to the ISS cost? Would you believe it costs between $30 and $40 million? A Russian language course is included! \n Answer: A visa\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Solution: Besides the body requirements, which of the following is most likely to stop someone from going into space?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Britain Today Food British people like good food,and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular-- 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but46% have fish and chips! Sports British people don't do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week,about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf--and only 6% of people play football( but 32% go to watch it ). Cinema and TV Films are very popular in Britain,and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day -- two quarters more than women. Holidays British people love going on holiday,and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK--27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA,and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good! , Question: Which of the followings can show the right percentage about Sports in Britain? Options: A: 17% B: 32% C: 6% D: 40%\nA: C\n\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Tom likes to talk much but his father doesn't want him to speak when they have their meals.One day,when they have supper,Tom wants to say something,but he doesn't say.His father sees it and asks him,\"Well,my boy.What's it?\"\"Are flies good to eat,Father?\"asks Tom.\"No,\"says his father,\"Why do you ask that?\"\"You have one on your food and you have swallowed it.\" Question: When they are having supper,who eats a fly? Options: A: No one. B: Tom's father. C: Tom's mother. D: Tom.\nA: B\n\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Dear Linda, I'm glad to hear from you and I would like to be your pen friend. In your letter, you said you wanted to know something about my school life . I walk to school at 7:30 every morning because the school is near our house. When I get to school at about 7:45, I often do the cleaning with my classmates. After that we do some reading for half an hour. We have four lessons in the morning. I often have my lunch at 12:00 at school. We usually have two lessons in the afternoon. The school is over at about 5:00 and then I go home. My favorite subject is Chinese. I like all the teachers because they are friendly. I am keen on sports and I enjoy playing football best. I'm a member of our school football team. What about your school life? Best wishes! Dick Question: It often takes Dick about _ to walk to school every morning. Options: A: half an hour B: 15 minutes C: 10 minutes D: 5 minutes\nA: B\n\n\nQ: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Lu Han was born in Beijing in April 20, 1990, who is a singer and dancer. Because of his outstanding appearance, he was discovered by SM Entertainment Company while shopping in Myeong Dong in South Korea. In 2010 he entered the SM Company to become its practice. On December 27, 2011 he first appeared through the EXO website. On April 8, 2012 he appeared to the public officially in the group of EXO. The EXO is one of the most pop music groups in Asia. His handsome looking, stage strength in singing and dancing, excellent personal charm won many fans'love. He was the only one of the EXO who was good both at singing and dancing. In his spare time, he likes playing magic cube and also does well in football and basketball. On 10th October, 2014, he _ the agreement with SM and then went back to China. Now the 24-year-old young man had his first try at acting. He started in the Chinese movie Returning to the 20s. In the movie, a 70-year-old woman becomes back to 20 again and plays in a band with her grandson. Lu Han played the role of the grandson. Another good news for the fans is that he is said to be invited to the Spring Festival Gala for 2015. Question: Where did Lu Han use to work as a singer? Options: A: In America. B: In UK. C: In Japan. D: In Korea.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: OPTIONS:\n- $3.00.\n- Y=3.00.\n- $10.00.\n- Y=10.00. Now, answer this question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries to the shopping center and goes to the women's store. She has $3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will buy something for her to use . But she only has $3.00. She can't buy any nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10.00. The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off the price tag and says, \"That's exactly $3.00. \" Question: What is the price on the price tag? Answer:\nA:\noutput: $10.00.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: My name is Li Jing. Today let me show you around my community. In front of my apartment , there is a very small garden with a table, four chairs and some flowers. I love taking a walk in the garden in summer. After getting out of the garden, I can get to a big market soon. I walk past the market when I go to work every day. There are fresh vegetables, fruit and meat there. I often buy some fresh fruit there with my friends. After passing the market, I will be near the main road . There are a lot of shops on both sides of the road, like shoe shops, clothes shops ... After walking straight along the main road for fifteen minutes, I can see a bus stop. I only need to pay 0.5 yuan, and then I can go almost anywhere. That's very cheap. I feel very happy to live in a community like this. Question: Li Jing has to walk along the main road forbefore getting to the bus stop. Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- 5 minutes\n- 10 minutes\n- 15 minutes\n- 20 minutes\n\nAnswer: 15 minutes\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- in the teaching building\n- in the library\n- on the playground\n- in the school hall\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Today is our Open Day. Our parents come and see our school on this day. Our school is very big and beautiful.There are five buildings in our school. Look! The office building is on your right. Our teachers work in it. Behind the building, there are two classroom buildings and a school library. In the library there are all kinds of books. Our big playground is on the left of these buildings with lots of trees around it. Every day, many students play football, basketball and tennis. We have a good time on the playground after school. We also have a school hall behind the playground next to the library. We meet our parents and have parties in the school hall. Today, after school, we have a welcome party for our parents. I think our parents will like our school, too. Question: We meet our parents _ . Answer:\nAnswer: in the school hall\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- Thirteen.\n- A hundred\n- Thirty.\n- Fourteen.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Jack Green is 75 years old. He is not in good condition. \"I think I'm ill,\" he tells his wife, \"I feel awful. I've got a headache and I don't feel like eating.\" \"You've put on a lot of weight recently. You should see the doctor,\" his wife says, \"ask him how to lose weight. It's not good for your health.\" \"OK,\" says Jack. He goes to see a doctor. The doctor checks his heart and weighs him. Then he says, \"You are too heavy. You need to do some excercise to lose about 30 kilograms. Run two miles a day for the next 100 days. Then call and tell me your weight.\" A week later, the doctor receives a call from Jack. \"Doctor, I ran two miles every day and I feel much better. But I have a new problem.\" \"What's that?\" asks the doctor. \"I'm 14 miles away from home, and I can't find my way back.\" Choose the right answer according to the passage. Question: According to the doctor, how many kilograms should Jack lose? Answer:\n****\nA: Thirty.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is important. I wasn't an excellent student because I didn't do much schoolwork. In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn't have much to offer. I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn't too bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in. I would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she'd give me time off the next. But unluckily, it didn't often work out. I was getting very tired. Because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children. One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan who used to go to school with me. I told her about my situation. She suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to work with children. I didn't think I would be accepted because I didn't take many exams in school. She asked me to phone the local college and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part-time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I've got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that I could have a success, even if I am not top of the class at school. Question: What has the writer learned from her own experiences? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Less successful students can still have a success.\n- Qualifications are necessary for a job.\n- Hard work makes an excellent student.\n- One must choose the job she like.\nLess successful students can still have a success.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: It all started when I was two years old. My parents didn't get along and got divorced . I hated that I couldn't see both of my parents at the same time. So my dad, my younger sister, Alexis, and I went to live with my grandma and grandpa. We lived with them for almost six years. My mom, on the other hand, lived with her boyfriend Michael in Oklahoma. My life was really good, but when my mom called to check up on my sister and me, I cried myself to sleep. I missed her so much. My life at my grandparents' house was really nice. And then on Friday, May 15, 2002, my grandpa died of cancer. I cried for seven days straight. My dad and his new wife were worried about me. So they took me to the doctor and they said that I was too sad and that I needed to find something happy and healthy to do during the day. I prayed to God every night saying that I was sorry for getting myself sick and I also prayed for him to take care of my grandpa. I still pray to this day. And now, at my mom's house, she has a four-year-old girl, my half-sister, Macie. And I have my step-dad , Michael, there for me. I really like Michael. He's really good to me and my sister. And at my dad's house, I have two little brothers, Blake and Justin. Blake is two years old and Justin is ten months old. I have so much to be thankful for, but I'm still looking for more. Question: Half-sister means the writer and Macie have the same _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- father but different mothers\n- mother but different fathers\n- grandmother but different grandfathers\n- grandfather but different grandmothers\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "mother but different fathers", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) movie review.\n\nAnswer: I just wondering what is the purpose of making movies like this? the profit? and to whom they are referring what intelligence must use your brain to watch something like this crap? This movie is watchable by under 3 years old children if you are adults don't try to watch it. Thats the reason i think Hollywood started to use cartoons in movies with actors like this you must forget the art of cinema , be sure that you ll have tons of pop corn to consume for time to pass till this movie ends also get many cola's hamburgers your laptop your cellphone this movie can be used easily in a restaurant but for sure not in a theater , my dog who is always next to my family when watching a movie left the building.The sure thing is that this movie is referring to people with no demands from the cinema art.The only thing that this movie can be used is for watching it when making the supermarket shopping list.I am giving 2 stars for supporting the India's cinema efforts but for nothing more or less..\n\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive negative\n=++++=\nAnswer: He really lost the plot with this one! None of his distinctive trademarks here at all, an uninteresting plot and completely terrible acting make this his worst film (in my opinion). Even his trademark gore is gone, bar one scene in an operating theatre. Oh well, at least his next film 'Nightmare Concert' showed that he could still shock when he wanted to...\n\n\nAn example of a movie review. positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\n\nA: The Drug Years actually suffers from one of those aspects to mini-series or other kinds of TV documentaries run over and over again for a couple of weeks on TV. It's actually not long enough, in a way. All of the major bases in the decades are covered, and they're all interesting to note as views into post-modern history and from different sides. But it almost doesn't cover enough, or at least what is covered at times is given a once over when it could deserve more time. For example, the information and detail in part three about the whole process and business unto itself of shipping mass amounts of drugs (partly the marijuana, later cocaine) is really well presented, but there are more details that are kept at behest of how much time there is to cover.\n\nOverall though the documentary does shed enough light on how drugs, pop-culture, government intervention, the upper classes and lower classes and into suburbia, all felt the wave of various drugs over the years, and the interplay between all was very evident. Nobody in the film- except for the possibility of small hints with the pot)- goes to endorse drugs outright, but what is shown are those in archival clips about the honesty of what is at times fun, and then tragic, about taking certain drugs. The appearances of various staunch, ridiculously anti-drug officials does hammer some points down hard- with even in such an overview of the drug cultures and America's connection as a whole- as there is really only one major point that is made a couple of times by one of the interviewees. The only way to really approach the issue of drugs is not 'just say no', because as the war on drugs has shown it is not as effective as thought. It is really just to come clean on all sides about all the drugs and the people who may be hypocritical about them (as, for example, oxycontin continues on in the marketplace).\n\nIs it with the great interest and depth of a Ken Burns documentary? No, but for some summertime TV viewing for the young (i.e. my age) who will view a lot of this as almost ancient history despite most of it being no more than a generation ago, as well as for the 'old' who can reflect some decades later about the great peaks, careless times, and then the disillusionment prodded more by the same media that years earlier propagated and advertised it. There are those who might find the documentary to be particularly biased, which is not totally untrue, but it does attempt to get enough different takes on the social, political, and entertainment conditions of drugs interweaving (for better or obvious worse) for enough of a fascinating view.\n\n\nQ: What's an example of a movie review?\nAn example of a movie review is here: I am a big fan of Stephen King. I loved The Running Man. So obviously I was very excited that someone had made a film of it. And when a local network showed the film, I was in heaven. I was all ready for a night of fun!\n\nThe first indicator that something was wrong was when I noticed that someone had cast Arnold Schwarzenegger. I could simply not believe that a man who got famous for films filled with runnin' an' shootin' could play a more cunning part, as was described in the book. I still was convinced that this would be a good film, however. Who knows, maybe Arnold had some hidden talents?\n\nWell, he didn't. I soon found out that the only reason he was even cast was because someone had re-written the entire story to MAKE it about fightin' an' shootin'. Yup, it was a standard Arnold-film: hero is done wrong, hero solves problems by flexing his mighty muscles and scaring everyone away and hero gets the girl.\n\nI was stunned. This is NOT what the book said at all. I know that books can't be put on screen literally, but this didn't even have ties to the book. Stephen King should have openly denounced any affiliation with the film and he should have forbidden using the title The Running Man for this shameless waste of film. I don't say it often, but this film was BAD. If I weren't at home watching, I'd have tossed rotten tomatoes at the screen. Once again: bad.\n\n(Note that I used 'someone' a lot. I did this because I'm sure a lot of people are ashamed to have worked on this and I don't want to embarrass them even further by naming them here)\n\n\nProblem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) movie review.\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Writer/Director John Hughes covered all bases (as usual) with this bitter-sweet \"Sunday Afternoon\" family movie. \"Curly Sue\" is a sweet, precocious orphan, cared for from infancy by \"Bill\". The pair live off their wits as they travel the great US of A. Fate matches them with a \"very pretty\" yuppie lawyer, and the rest is predictable.\n\nKids will love this film, as they can relate to the heroine, played by 9 year old Alisan Poter (who went on to be the \"you go girl!\" of Pepsi commercials). The character is supposed to be about 6 or 7, as she is urged to think about going to school. Some of her vocabulary suggests that she is every day of 9 or older.\n\nSimilar to \"Home Alone\", there is plenty of slap-stick and little fists punching big fat chins. Again, this is \"formula\" film making, aimed at a young audience. Entertaining and heartwarming. Don't look for any surprises, but be prepared to shed a tear or two.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: My name is James Brown. I have an 8-year-old daughter. Her name is Ann. Her favorite activity is watching movies. She watches movies once a week . Movie World is in my neighborhood . And it is the biggest movie theater in the city . It has the most comfortable seats and the best sound . She likes watching movies there. Last Sunday, I took her to Movie World to watch the movie Epic . Epic is a movie about a father Bomba and his 17-year-old daughter Mary. Bomba was interested in looking for Leaf Men. He said they lived in a forest, but no one believed him. One day , Mary was swept into the world of the Leaf Men, and she found her father was right. At this early-afternoon showing, the theater was almost full. 60% of the _ were kids aged three to ten and their fathers. I didn't think it was because of the movie itself. In fact, a study showed that dads were 50% more likely than moms to take young kids to the movies in the United States. ,. Question: Mary is _ years older than Ann. Options: A: 8 B: 9 C: 11 D: 17\n(A).\nB\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Posted: 06/19/2014 12:00 a.m. Lucy Li, an 11-year-old girl, is the youngest person to qualify for a US Women's Open golf tournament . She was qualified for the US Women's Open in May. When she set a new record by seven strokes .And today she is playing against some of the best female golfers in the world. Earlier this week Li said that she wasn't nervous about becoming the centre of attention at today's game. \"I just want to have fun and play the best I can and I really don't care about the result. I can learn a lot from these great players.\" Li doesn't spend all her time golfing. She is home-schooled in an online Stanford University programme. Her favourite subjects are Maths, History, and Science and she loves to read. She also loves medicine, diving, badminton, dancing, and table tennis. But golf is her favourite sport. \"I like golf because it's different from other sports. Anybody can play it.\" she said. Some female golfers are worried that Li isn't quite ready for the Open. \"When I found out she was qualified, I said, where does she go from here? You qualify for an Open at 11, what do you do next? If she was my kid, I wouldn't let her play in the US Open at all, but that's just me,\" said world champion Stacy Lewis. Dottie Pepper, an ESPN analyst , thinks that the most important thing is that Li doesn't think of winning. \"If the success for her is not based on score, then I don't think she's too young. The important thing for her is to treat the whole experience as a kid on the golf score. Forget expectations.\" Dottie said. Question: We can infer from the report that Stacy Lewis _ . Options: A: doesn't feel surprised at the ll-year-old player can play in the US Open B: thinks Lucy Li can have a bright future C: doesn't support Lucy Li to play in the US open D: expects to play with Lucy Li in the US Open\n(A).\nC\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: There are many TV programs about Chinese dishes, but few are Like A Bite Of China . The seven-part documentary tell us food in different places in China. The different kinds of food on TV are from 60 places. You can see many kinds of food and they can _ your eyes and stomach. And you also learn how to make the food . That's why the program becomes so popular. However, the program is not only about food. There are many different stories between food and people. To know good stories, workers of the film spent three months doing the research and nine months filming. Liu Wen, one of the workers, says the story also shows the social transportations . \"The program is like a window, it makes the world know more about China. And it helps people around the world not only enjoy Chinese dishes, but also learn Chinese culture.\" Question: How long did the workers spend finishing the whole program? Options: A: three months B: nine months C: six months D: a year\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: At school, besides cheating on a test, a kid might cheat in other ways. They might steal someone else's idea for a science project, or copy a book report from the Internet and hand it in as if it's his or her work. Cheating can happen in a lot of different ways. When people cheat, it's not fair to other people, like the kids who study for the test or who are the true winners of a game. Some kids cheat because they're busy or lazy and they want to get good grades without spending the time studying. Other kids might feel like they can't pass the test without cheating. Even though there seems to be a \"good reason\" for cheating, cheating isn't a good idea. A kid who thinks cheating is the only way to pass a test need to talk with the teacher or another grown-up. They can find some ways to help solve this problem. Talking about the problem and working it out will make him or her feel better than cheating. Kids who cheat may feel worried about getting caught. Whether they are caught or not, these kids may feel _ or embarrassed. Even if they feel fine or don't get caught, that doesn't mean it's OK. There's an old saying that cheaters never win and winners never cheat. This may sound difficult to understand, because sometimes it seems like cheaters do win--- at least for the moment. However, sooner or later, they'll pay the price. It's just a matter of time only. And kids who don't cheat are true winners because, when they win, they do it honestly. Question: What's the writer's advice to kids who want to cheat in a test? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- To keep it a secret.\n- To try not to be caught.\n- To study hard for the test.\n- To turn to grown-ups for help.\noutput: To turn to grown-ups for help.\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Many young people use computers, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer. *Keep your computer in a cool room. Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. Most computers work best at a temperature of 5 oC--30 oC. *Don't let people smoke cigarette near your computer. Smoke of all kinds is very bad for many parts of a computer and can cause many problems. *Don't eat or drink when you are near your computer. Pieces of food and a little water in the keyboard can also cause many problems. *Make sure the screen is the correct distance from your eyes. If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are correct for using with the computer. Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer. *Keep your screen clean and don't have it too bright. A dirty screen can hurt your eyes. A very bright screen can also be bad for your eyes. Question: When you work on the computer, you can _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- wear glasses\n- smoke cigarette\n- eat some hamburgers\n- clean the keyboard with water\noutput: wear glasses\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: In America, street dancing is a great outdoor sport for young people to do with a group of friends. Many people bring their radios out onto the streets, and then wait for others to join in. Step 1 Wear comfortable clothes. Also wear comfortable running shoes that allow you to jump easily. Dancing needs a lot of _ so it is smart to take care of your feet. Step 2 Get some music that you can dance to and bring a radio or a CD player. Step 3 Invite some friends to street dance. Put some music on and start dancing to it. Use your feet as much as possible and make quick movements. Step4 Put your arms up to the right, and then move them quickly to the left while turning your body. This will make others start street dancing. Step5 Try different movements if possible. Street dancing is all about free-style dancing. You can enjoy yourself while getting exercise by street dancing. Question: Which of the following is NOT right? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Young people like to street dance.\n- When you street dance, you need music.\n- You must be careful with your arms while moving.\n- Move your arms quickly while turning your body.\noutput: You must be careful with your arms while moving.\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: My family lives very happily on a farm near a small town. My father always learns some information about weather through the TV, the Internet and newspapers. One evening, he asked us to meet at the table after dinner. \"I have some bad news,\" he said. \"The weather reports on the television warned that we would face a typhoon tomorrow.\" At 6.30 a.m. the next day, the winds started and the rain was falling heavily. There were new warnings that the sea level could go up as much as 5 meters. The winds were terribly strong and tree branches were flying everywhere. Trees were falling down and the rain kept coming down. Just after 10:30, the wind stopped suddenly-it was strangely calm and the sun was shining. Then the winds came howling again, but this time more rain fell. There were more flying things and the storm came in. Everything within 1 km of the coast was flooded-there was fish in the streets. Now the winds were dying down, but the rain was still falling. After another two hours, the wind came to a stop at last. My home was in a mess and my mum burnt her arm when the hot water from the stove hit her skin. We were all frightened, but we were all safe, including the cat. Question: How long did the typhoon last? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- About two hours.\n- About four hours.\n- About six hours.\n- About eight hours.\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "About six hours.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Little Smart or Xiaolingtong is becoming more and more popular in China. But you can use it only in your city. If you go to another city, it will have no use. It looks like a mobile phone, but the service( )is quite cheap. We only need to pay about 20 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan each minute for the talk. What's more, you don't have to pay any money when someone else calls you. But little Smart is not really so smart. Users often complain about( ) its bad voice. \" I can't make or get a phone call when I am on a bus,\" a person in Hangzhou said. Scientists are trying their best to make Little Smart smarter. And the latest Little Smart even has a color screen. Question: The latest Little Smart _ . Options: A: has good sounds B: has a colour screen( ) C: has a bad voice D: is not smarter\n(A).\nC\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Making friends might seem to come easy for some persons, but it's maybe very hard for most persons. No matter how many friends you might already have, it is always a good idea to make new friends. Being shy keeps a lot of people from making friends. Also, making friends might need a person to step outside of their comfortable places, which are hard for a lot of people, whether they are shy or not. However, overcoming the shyness to step out of your box is an important step in making friends. There are lots of ways to meet new friends. First of all, remember that a good friendship is based on interests, so if you are ready to make friends, start to join clubs or go places where you have interest. For instance, if you like to play sports, join a sports team or after school sports club. If you have interests in music or writing, join clubs or organizations that you are interested in. When you see someone in a place like that, and you think that they look nice, it is always a good idea to go up to them and introduce yourself and ask interesting questions so that you can start a conversation. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, and remember that friendships don't always happen quickly. Some friendships happen right away, and you'll be able to tell if someone will be a great friend right after you meet them. Some friendships take a long time to develop. Anyway, the friends that you meet are going to be worth it. If a friendship develops quickly, it doesn't mean that it is extra valuable, and if a friendship takes a long time to develop, it doesn't mean that it isn't worth it because it's too hard. Making friends might be a bit difficult for you, and the friends you will make may not look anything like you. However, even though it might be scary to start conversations, you are worth doing it. All friendships start with a single hello. Question: From the passage, it's _ to make friends for most people. Options: A: easy B: convenient C: impossible D: difficult\n(A).\nD\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Much of the information we have today about chimpanzees comes from the research of Jane Goodall. From an early age, Jane was interested in animals and animal stories. At the age of 10, she was talking about going to Africa to live among the animals there. At that time, in the early 1940s, _ was a radical idea because women did not go to Africa by themselves. As a young woman, Jane finished school in London and then worked for filmmaker for a while. When a school friend invited her to visit Kenya, she worked as a waitress until she had earned the fare to travel there by boat. She was 23 years old at that time. Once in Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous paleontologist . He was impressed with her knowledge of Africa and its wildlife and hired her to help him and his wife on a fossil-hunting tour. Dr. Leakey soon realized that Jane was the perfect person to complete a study he had been planning for some time. she expressed her interest in the idea of studying animals by living in the wild with them, rather than studying dead animals like fossils . Question: When Jane was very young, she _ . Options: A: studied chimpanzees B: was interested in animals C: told stories about chimpanzees D: both B and C\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Vacation spots in Ohio The Boon shoft Museum of Discovery The museum is based on the understanding that science is the process through which we come to understand our world, and that play is the way children do science. Visitors of all ages can explore the wonders of the world. The museum includes many places for adventure such as the Discovery Center and the Hall of the Universe. What make adventures more exciting are real speciments from the museum's collection of 1.4 million items. African Wildlife Park This wildlife park is spread across a large area of about 100 acres and you can see different species of animals moving freely as if in their natural habitat. On entering the park, you are given a basket of food for free. You are able to feed the animals out of the comfort of your own car. Any additional basket of food needs to be paid for. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was opened some where in 1995, with a purpose of celebrating the spirit of rock and roll music and also studying it! It is among the top 10 vacation spots in Ohio. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offers exhibitions, music events and also training programs on the subject. This is a perfect stop for everything on rock and roll music! The Armstrong Museum The Armstrong Museum, located in Neil Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, celebrates the life and the mission of the first man to walk on the moon. You can see one of the planes that Armstrong tested and enjoy a film about the development of the US space program.\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: What does the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery aim at?Options:A Encouraging more people to do scientific work.B Allowing children to learn about science through play.C Helping people understand scientific development.D Showing that science exists in the wonders of the world.Answer:B\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: On behalf of the Obama family,I want to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. Like many of you. we'll spend the day with family and friends,catching up,eating some good food and watching a little football.Before we lift a fork,we lend a hand by going out in the community to serve some of our neighbors in need.And we give thanks for each other, and for all of God's blessings.We all share this day,united by the gratitude for the bounty of this nation. And we welcome the contributions of all people-no matter their origin or color or beliefs-who call America home, and who enrich the life of our nation. It is a belief as old as our founding:\"Epluribus unum\" -- _ . We are reminded that this creed, and America itself was never an inevitability, but the result of ordinary people in every generation doing their part to uphold our founding ideals-by taking the blessings of freedom, and multiplying them for those who would follow. As President Kennedy once wrote, even as we give thanks for all that we've inherited from those who came before us-\"the decency(,) of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed.\" we must also remember that \"the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.\" Today,we are grateful to all Americans who do their part to live by those ideals, including our brave men and women in uniform overseas and their families, who sacrifice so much to keep America safe.We are grateful to the countless Americans who serve their communities in soup kitchens and shelters,looking out for those who are less fortunate,and lifting up those who have fallen on hard times. This generosity, this compassion, this belief that we are each other's keepers, is essential to who we are, not just on this day,but every day.It's easy to focus on what separates us.But as we gather with loved ones on this Thanksgiving, let's remember and be grateful for what ties us together. Our love of country.Our commitment to justice and equality.Our belief...\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nQuestion: What's the purpose by referring to President Kennedy's saying?Options:A To testify what we have today is inherited from our ancestors.B To emphasis the importance of giving thanks to our forefathers and fellows.C To remind people to share happiness with others.D To encourage every American to do their own part in building the country.Answer:D\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Recently a group of children in America poured some gasoline on a sleeping man and set him on fire. When caught, the children said they had done what they'd seen on TV. The incidents make people angry who believe that American children are harmed by watching too much TV. They claim children can't tell between the fiction of TV and reality, and TV distracts them from learning and makes them violent. To estimate the impact of TV on young people, \"Life\" magazine hires a company to interview hundreds of school children in Nora Springs, Iowa and in Dallas, Texas. Although the two cities are very different, the company finds children in each city watch the same TV shows. Many Iowa children, who watch an average of three hours of TV a day, recognizing that life on TV is rosier than what they experience. Their favourite shows are situation comedies about American families in trouble. Many boys like violent shows about police detectives or heroes, girls particularly soap operas-stories about families and friends. On the whole, children find real violence on news programs hard to take. \"If you see a bus crash on the news, it's frightening,\" one fifth grader says. By and large, the Iowa children agree that the best thing about TV is it makes you laugh. Children in Dallas are savvier about programs of drug use on TV. \"They don't really show them doing it right. On TV they are not real.\" A fifth grader says. \"Life\" agrees with a 1988 study by the U. S Department of education that finds children are none the worse for watching TV. The study finds TV doesn't have lasting effect on children. On the contrary, kids show good judgment about what they watch. \"There are very few good shows on TV anymore,\" a 10-year-old boy says. While the debate about TV is so heated, the \"Life\" survey gives hope that American kids aren't wasting three or four hours a day (what is worse, by the time young people enter college today, they will have devoted more time to watching television than they will spend in college). However, a child watching...\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: The \"Life\" survey of children's TV habits _ .Options:A concludes that watching up to seven hours a day of TV is good for childrenB agrees with the U.S. Department of Education study that finds few negative effects from watching TVC concludes that there aren't any good shows on TV any moreD concludes that children shouldn't pour gasoline on sleeping manAnswer:B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: I was running late this morning and the hunger pains were kicking in on my way to work when I made a quick decision to drop-by Starbucks. This particular one has a drive-thru, which is awesome, except everyone else thinks so too! The line of cars was too long for my impatiences, so I decided to park and make a quick run inside. Let me reiterate my need for quickness, as in swoop inside, place my order, get my coffee and split like an overripe banana. Of course when your in a hurry, no one else is. So was my fate today at Starbucks. I've always had terrific and timely service at this Starbucks' drive-thru. The person taking my order is always chipper and pleasant, and when I pull around to pick up my beloved cafe mocha, I'm always greeted with a smile and a lovely \"have a nice day.\" Not so when I entered the sanctimonious inner-chamber of Starbucks! No one to welcome me at the counter; baristas working here and there completely ignoring me; and me standing there trying to grab their attention with my awkward and annoyed demeanor. Finally, a barista glanced over and said something that was barely audible. A minute later, he finally noticed me and said curtly, \"Wadda ya having?\" \"Uh... a tall cafe mocha and, and, um, do you have blueberry muffins?\" \"Aren't there any over there?\" he pounced. I responded timidly, \"Oh, I guess so, I didn't look.\" He grabs a muffin and my drink and sets it on the counter. Another barista, a surly old dude from the East Coast, pops by and says, \"Wadda get?\" I told him, gave him my credit card, he processes it, hands it back and moves on to the next person. No \"thank you,\" or \"have a nice day.\" Nothing. I was kind of stunned and walked out with a little huff and puff... and I wish I could blow his house down! So the lesson of this little story? Avoid the inside of this Starbucks at all cost, especially in the morning. Obviously the real gems work the drive-thru. I guess Starbucks 3hr shut down last week didn't cover customer service skills.\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: This is a newer establishment in downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street. The whole downtown experience was quite new to me as I'm usually a stay-on-the-strip kind of guy. However, this area is quite interesting and a lot more popular than I thought. Needless to say, things are more affordable around here. As for this Italian restaurant, it's a pretty good size restaurant. I came here during lunch and had a pleasant experience. Don't expect a quiet romantic setting as this restaurant is on the busiest street downtown, but that goes without saying. It's more of an upbeat, festive environment. The food was a pleasant surprise, I had the Seafood Risotto and the NY Steak. For dessert I had the Tiramisu and the Creme Brulee. I really recommend the Tiramisu, it was delicious. Overall, I had a great experience and I would come back if I was in the downtown area.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Crappy area, weird parking lot. There's a sign posted that said \"merge\" to get in to the drive thru. However when I tried to MERGE another customer refused to let me and then hit my brushguard! When I went to see the manager he said I was at fault and although the sign says \"MERGE\" it really means I should I have yeilded. Really? The sign did't say yield it said MERGE! Between being told my a cranky manager that I can't read, the bad area this is located in, and the aweful parking I opted to head to Del taco in a nicer area instead.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput: Who wouldn't love a name like that?! \"Hey, I'm going to Suck Bang Blow tonight!\" lol And as much as I'm not suppose to judge a book by its cover, the name sold me... I had to find out what's going on behind those doors. First off, this place is near Concord Mills Mall, the other side of the Burton Smith Blvd back behind BJ (appropriate choice of reference for a place called Suck Bang Blow haha... oh I crack myself up!!) and all those things. It's not easy to spot since it's at the other end (not by the street) of a new brick strip mall. The space is just a big rectangle, with a bar on one end and pool tables on the other and booths in between. It was pretty empty on a Tuesday night. Yes, there is a BAF (Big Ass Fan) on the ceiling. Let's get down to biz-ness, the food. I ordered the beef brisket sandwich with a side of baked mac & cheese ($7.99), and a bottle of miller lite ($2 special) to wash everything down with. My friend got the pull pork sandwich special ($5.99 last night) with a side of onion rings and it came with a little slaw. Food was solid. Pull pork was moist and tender. Beef brisket has a good bounce to the meat but not tough at all. The house sauce has a mesquite smoke taste to it along with the tanginess. The portion was good, I saved half for another meal. Mac & cheese at first taste was a little bland, but it got better as I digged in. And don't underestimate that little cup, when I dumped them in my to-go box, it's quite sizable. Onion rings were yummy, and best part... it didn't come apart when we ate it, the onion stayed put. I give the food my thumbs up. Service was great too. I know it was empty, but that never seems to guarantee anything. Our waitress was a young girl who kept the sweet tea coming, made sure I didn't need another cold one, told us about the dinner specials and the upcoming labor day event, and even offered to give us to-go cups for the tea. And she did all these with a smile... take that lousy waitresses at Mac's Speed Shop! So, with everything said, I'll definitely and gladly going to Suck Bang Blow again and again... haha (told ya the name is awesome!)\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: Meh! Double Meh! I was surprised at how uneventful this buffet was. The Manadalay Bay is one of the great hotels on the strip, but this buffet is not up to that greatness. The (dinner) food was lack luster, the service was almost non-existent, the layout is whack. Why split the food from the dessert with a large dining room? The steamed crab legs are good, the prime rib is good, but the rest of the food is just...there. There are so many better buffets for the same price. This place just doesn't have it.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Very nice decorations and ambiance including a fresh tortillas making station. My husband and I were there around noon on a Sunday and were seated right away In a nice booth. Menu was full of wonderful options including lunch options that were available on weekends. Fresh guacamole was just ok. It was prepared in the usual manner but they had aluminum foil lined in the pestle. That was a nice way to wrap up the leftovers to take home but not sure it allowed all the mixing needed. I had the chicken enchilada from the lunch menu. The chicken was white meat and tasty. The side of rice was typical but the refried beans were very tasty. My husband had the chicken chimichanga and enjoyed it about the same as some other places. The chips didn't seem to have any salt on them. The queso was very good. Overall it was a good experience with tasty food.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and a family name . For example, my full name is Ann Allan Green. Green is my family name. Ann and Allan are my given names. People don't use their middle names very much.So we can say Ann Green. We can say Miss Green or Mrs. Green. But we can't say Miss Ann or Mrs. Ann. It's different from Chinese names. In China, the first name is the family name and the last name is the given name. Question: In China, the first name is the _ . Options: A: family name B: given name C: middle name D: full name\nA\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Jack is an English boy. He is a good student. He is eleven. Now he is in a blue coat. Linda is Jack's sister. She is a nice girl. She is fourteen. Now she is in a green dress. Lucy and Lily are from the USA. They are students, too. They are in yellow coats. They look the same. Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are good friends. Jack, Lucy and Lily are in the same school. But Linda is not in the school. They all like China. ,. Question: Lucy and Lily are _ . Options: A: in the same school B: in the same class C: in different schools D: in different colors\nA\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Mr. Li was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring . He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was half past twelve. \"Who can it be at this time of night?\" he wondered. He decided to go and find out .So he got out of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. \"That's very strange.\" He thought. Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep. A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Li jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He shut the door and found a piece of paper with some words on it: \"It is now after midnight, so it is April 1st. April fool to you!\" \"Oh, it was the English boy next door!\" Mr. Li exclaimed, and almost smiled, He went back to bed and fell asleep immediately. The bell did not ring again. Question: He turned on the light and _ . Options: A: got out of bed B: looked out of the window C: looked at his watch D: looked at his clock\nD\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Do you like traveling? Have you traveled to Los Angeles? Have you traveled to the moon? A rich man plans to live on Mars. Is it the beginning of a science fiction novel? In fact, it happens in the real world. Elon Musk is the founder and CEO of a private spaceflight company. He has said his plan is to live on the planet. He says he plans to live on Mars with a group of fewer than ten people. He will take them on a rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane . Each one should pay $ 500,000 to fly there. However, these passengers are not going there to travel, but they are going to work. They need to carry tools to build houses and grow crops there. Musk believes one person out of every 100,000 people may be interested in making the journey. Then Mars will have sixty-three thousand people in the future. Question: What's the title of this passage? Options: A: A Science Fiction Novel B: Los Angeles C: Houses and Crops D: Let's Fly to Mars\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "D\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Article: What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world? That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. Well, maybe. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, \"Time is money.\" To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology, and maybe an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time. But they usually don't try that at work. American lifestyles show how much people respect the time of others. When people plan an event, they often set the time days or weeks in advance. Once the time is fixed, it takes almost an emergency to change it. If people want to come to your house for a friendly visit, they will usually call first to make sure it is suitable. Only very close friends will just \"drop by\" unannounced. Also, people hesitate to call others late at night for fear they might be in bed. The time may vary, but most folks think twice about calling after 10:00 p.m. Question: Why are the Americans fond of the expression \" Time is money.\"? Yes or no, is the answer \"Because they consider time as a valuable resource.\"?\nAnswer: Yes\n\nQuestion: Article: Officials say an elephant has killed an American woman and her baby while the family was on a tour in Kenya.Kenya Wildlife Service official Michel Kipkeu said Sharon Brown,39, was holding her one-year-old daughter when they were trampled by the elephant Monday.Melia van Laar, owner of the castle Forest Hotel,where the family was walking with a guide about 2 kilometers from the hotel when an elephant came out from the bush at full speed.The father of the family is a teacher in Naiobi.Friends and colleagues held funeral services Wednesday. From world leaders on the White House lawn to people at the bus stop,the common handshake is the universal greeting of peace and kindness.But young people are kissing goodbye to traditional social etiquette ,killing off the handshake, researchers say.The custom is seen as too formal by many, who prefer to touch fists or blow an air kiss instead.Nearly 74 percent of adults shake hands less than they used to -- and only 45 percent of under-25s use the greeting.But many prefer no physical contact at all, a side effect of the growing fear of diseases,according to the survey of 1,000 people. The growing mountain of e-waste will cause great environmental damage if no new strategies are produced to deal with the _ televisions, mobile phones and computers,the UN Environment Program (UNEP) study said.Electronic waste is piling up around the world at a rate estimated at 40 million tons a year.China produces 2.6 million tons of electronic waste a year, second only to the United States with 3.3 million tons, it said.LNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said the globe was ill-prepared to deal with the explosion of electronic products over the past decade. Question: Yong people wave goodbye to handshakes because _ Yes or no, is the answer \"many young people think handshaking is too formal\"?\nAnswer: No\n\nQuestion: Article: These days it's cheaper to throw that broken DVD player, cell-phone or TV out and buy a new one. This \" replace-rather-than-repair\" mentality is polluting the planet with electronic waste. According to the UN Environment Program, we are throwing away an estimated 50 million metric tonnes of electronics waste (e-waste) per year. But this is not ordinary garbage. Our electronics leak harmful heavy metals -- such as mercury and arsenic -- along with equally poisonous chemicals that end up in our soil and eventually our water. You've probably participated in a community recycling event and left feeling good about shipping off that old computer to be recycled. Chances are it was shipped overseas where it's polluting someone else'community. Guiyu city in Southeastern China has become known as the e-waste city where low-paid workers use whatever means available to remove electronics in hopes of recovering the copper, microchips, aluminum, gold and silver and plastic that can be resold. Any leftover waste is simply thrown into the nearby river or piled up high in the streets, poisoning the children growing up here. So what can you do with your e-waste? Robert Houghton, President and founder of Redemtech, an asset management and recovery firm, recommends you vote with your dollar. Buy from companies who have a take-back program that guarantees your discarde electronics are handled proper. \" Consumers want to do business with companies who are demonstrably good with corporate responsibility and dealing with e-waste, \" said Houghton. There are plenty of charitable organizations that will take your used electronics and donate them for charitable causes: * Electronic Recycling Association (Canada) (ERA) collects old computers for donation to libraries and other organizations across Canada. * eBay's Rethink Initiative pairs up consumers with businesses that refurbish old computers for donation. * TechSoup has a thorough listing of resources for those who would like to donate or recycle... Question: In Canada, which charity organization will most possibly take all your unwanted electronics? Yes or no, is the answer \"TechSoup.\"?\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "News: UPDATE (11:20 p.m. ET): Notable quotes from Colts news conference announcing extensions for coach Chuck Pagano and GM Randy Grigson:\n\nOwner Jim Irsay on Pagano continuing to work with Grigson: \"They're going forward together. Chuck made a point of that unsolicited alone in my office. I had no problem with that. These are our guys. These guys are ready. There's been a lot reported, a lot written. I know what the reality is and this is definitely what's best for the Indianapolis Colts going forward. I'm sure of that.\"\n\nPagano: \"I've had a lot of great days in my life, but none better today. ... I'm grateful and thankful to Mr. Irsay and his family. Words can't describe how I feel right now. I owe it to Jim for believing in me.\"\n\nLinebacker D'Qwell Jackson (quote from before news conference, told to ESPN's Josina Anderson): \"The players are thrilled that Coach got an extension. ... I'm just overcome with joy that a guy like himself, that we love and want to play for, a guy that stands for family, faith and football, got another shot. Regardless of everything that happened during the season and all the injuries we had, that isn't where we finish. I am super excited that he got another four years.''\n\n-- The Associated Press contributed to the above information\n\n* * * * *\n\nUPDATE (Monday, 11 p.m. ET): NFL on FOX Insider Mike Garafolo reports that Colts owner Jim Irsay confirms that both coach Chuck Pagano and GM Ryan Grigson received four-year contract extensions on Monday night.\n\n* * * * *\n\nUPDATE (Monday, 10:50 p.m. ET): In officially announcing their new extension with coach Chuck Pagano, the Colts did not include any comments from owner Jim Irsay or GM Ryan Grigson, but the statement's intro made it clear why the club is sticking with the embattled coach despite the most disappointing season in his four-year tenure:\n\nPagano has achieved a 41-23 record over his four seasons (2012-15) in Indianapolis. His .641 winning percentage ranks fourth among active head coaches in the NFL. Pagano’s 41 wins over the last four seasons are the fifth-most in the league. He led Indianapolis to three consecutive 11-win seasons from 2012-14 as he became only the second head coach in NFL history to earn 11 wins in each of his first three seasons with a team. Pagano also became the third head coach in Colts history to reach the playoffs in each of his first three years. Under his guidance, the Colts set an NFL record in 2015 with 16 consecutive wins within their division dating back to 2012. Pagano posted consecutive 6-0 records in the AFC South division in 2013 and 2014 and has sent 10 Colts to the Pro Bowl.\n\n* * * * *\n\nUPDATE (Monday, 10:30 p.m. ET): NFL on FOX Insiders Mike Garafolo and Peter Schrager have both confirmed through sources that Chuck Pagano's extension with the Colts is for four years.\n\n* * * * *\n\nWhen it came to Black Monday, few places were expected to be as dark as Indianapolis. Instead, Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium came with a surprise -- and sunny -- ending.\n\nChuck Pagano and the Colts are extending their partnership, rather than ending it.\n\nThe move is a rather stunning one as it was presumed by most pundits and insiders that Pagano would be let go after the Colts stumbled to an 8-8 record and missed the playoffs for the first time in Pagano’s four seasons. It is also widely believed that Pagano and general manager Ryan Grigson do not see eye-to-eye on many fronts.\n\nBut one thing working in Pagano’s favor when it came to evaluating this season’s failures was health. Franchise quarterback Andrew Luck missed nine games -- including the final seven of the season.\n\nTitle: Indianapolis Colts agree to contract extension with coach Chuck Pagano, a stunning move since most believed he would be let go of following disappointing 8-8 season | FOX Sports\n\n\nNews: George Harrison: just how vital to the Beatles was he?\n\nMartin Scorsese has made a three-and-a-half-hour documentary about George Harrison, which will be in selected cinemas in the UK for one night only tomorrow (Tuesday 4th) before being released on DVD on Friday.\n\nBeing a Beatle obsessive, I absolutely loved it, though it might be hard going for the less partisan. I watched a preview a couple of weeks ago in a cinema, and I had some sympathy for the well-known radio DJ and his partner who slipped out about two hours in, after the Beatles broke up. This very long documentary is a bit like Harrison’s career. It all goes downhill after 1970.\n\nGiven that this is a lovingly crafted film about a major pop-cultural figure of our times by one of the great directors of modern cinema, it is hardly surprising that reviews have generally been good. However, the many critics who have commented to the effect that Scorsese’s achievement is to show that Harrison was the most interesting Beatle, the creative equal of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, are being overly kind, perhaps swept away by the warmth with which the film evokes Harrison’s winning personality. It’s a lovely, intimate portrait of a fascinating man of contradictions, caught between his higher spiritual aspirations and a more earthy side, between peace and love and sex and drugs.\n\nIt’s a good documentary about a man, but less so about the music, perhaps because there just isn’t enough of it to sustain three and a half hours.\n\nIn the early days of The Beatles, Harrison was known as the Quiet One, and even in his own documentary he remains oddly insubstantial for a long time, overwhelmed by the massive talents and personalities on either side. There is a master’s touch to the way Scorsese brings together Beatles photographs and footage with interesting new voice overs and interviews, but try as he might to focus on his subject, it is the creative force and personalities of Lennon and McCartney who really hold our attention. In footage of the Fab Four, it is John and Paul who are always driving the show, defining the style, making the groundbreaking music, pushing the cultural edge. For the first hour or more, it is like a documentary without a centre, where your eye and mind is always drifting to the more interesting scenes on the side. It only really comes into focus as Harrison himself comes into creative focus, and his spiritual interests start to become central to the Beatles’ story.\n\nHarrison was a hugely talented musician, collaborating, complementing and eventually competing with two of the greatest songwriters in the history of popular music, so it was perhaps hardly surprising that he developed as a brilliant songwriter in his own right. But creatively, Harrison really only flourished for a very brief period, between his discovery of Indian music around 1967 and his first outburst after the break up of the Beatles, when years of frustrated hoarding of material led to his fantastic 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. This is, inevitably, the most fascinating part of the documentary. But even after the all-star Bangladesh concert in 1971, there’s still 20 years and an hour and a half of film to go before Harrison’s death in 2001, and not a lot of really great music to fill it with. Scorsese turns his attention to Harrison’s movie production, his involvement in jokey superstar side-project The Travelling Wilburys, his gardening, his spiritual life, and the attempt on his life in 1999. It is lovely stuff, and you get a real sense of the man. But The Beatles are the reason we care at all about Harrison, and when they leave the story, they take the centre of the film with them. Even in a documentary in which he gets star billing, Harrison comes across as a better sideman than a frontman.\n\nTitle:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "George Harrison: the Quiet Beatle or the Boring One?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. Sian Beilock says: \"They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about _ as their cognitive horsepower that they could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.\" Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test. The researchers tested the idea on a group of 20 anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test. The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort. Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12 percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent. Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not. The research shows that for students who are highly test-anxious, who'd done the writing intervention , all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who... Question: The result of the research suggests that _ . Options: A: proper amount of burden may turn out to be a good thing B: avoiding facing the problem may contribute to relaxation C: facing the fears bravely may help one to achieve more D: taking no action before difficulty may result in success\nC\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Next year marks the 150thanniversary of when large numbers of Chinese started working on a huge project in the United States. They help to build America's first transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869, connecting the East Coast with the West. People know little about the Chinese railroad workers and what happened to them after the project was finished. Stanford University in California wants to learn more about the lives of these men by reaching out to their families. Bill Yee's ancestors came from southern China. He said, \"My great-great-grandfather came to America during the'gold rush'days and he returned to China as a wealthy man. And then my great-grandfather came to work on the railroad and died there.\" But that did not stop his grandfather from coming to the US on false papers. He operated a laundry. Bill Yee's father continued to run the business and has never returned to China. \"Things were pretty bad in some parts of China in the 1860's. They came to America at all costs in order that they no longer had to bear hunger,\" Bill Yee said. Shelley Fisher Fishkin is helping to direct the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University. She said, \"Many of the Chinese workers who came to work on the transcontinental and other railroads returned to China after their work was done and created families there. Some of them settled in America and created new families, but they had families who they left when they came here and they may have descendants in China.\" There is a need to create a record of the object and spoken history from the families of the railroad workers. \"The US could not have become the modern industrial nation without the railroads. And the railroads would not have come together without the work of these Chinese workers,\" said Shelley Fisher Fishkin. Question: According to Bill Yee, many Chinese went to America in the 1860's mainly _ . Options: A: to run their own businesses B: to find their ancestors C: to make a living D: to dig gold\nC\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Who is there among us who hasn't dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe , several years later , even big )business , and having wonderful freedom , both from a boss and from the time clock ; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work , and our own plans --arranging our own hours of work ? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine. Well, in fact it isn't quite as simple as that. Yes , it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business . But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn't think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month's vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting . But this negative picture doesn't destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return--both material and mental--continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States. Question: The expression \"negative picture\" most probably means \" _ \". Options: A: a terrible experience B: a poor picture C: limited freedom D: unpleasant situations\nD\n\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: How could I turn down an opportunity for a weeklong cruise on a luxury motorsailer in the Andaman Sea? Without a second thought, I packed my bags and jumped on a plane to Singapore, and the following day I found myself looking out the airplane window at the beautiful waters surrounding the island of Langkawi off the coast of Malaysia. The last time I was in Langkawi was in 2001, when it was relatively quiet. Langkawi has come a long way since then; there are 4, 5, and even 6-star hotels, as well as spas, golfing, horseback riding and even a cable car taking visitors to the highest point on the island. At the Langkawi International Airport I met my shipmates and we were driven to Pantai Tengah with a quick pit stop for sunblock and duty-free goodies. Many other shopping opportunities abound since Langkawi was designated as a duty-free zone in 1987 to entice tourists to the island. A luxurious yacht tender picked us up. Phillipe, the first mate, maneuvered the tender between sailboats and as we went around a small island there she was, S/V Blue Gold. This majestic 10-passenger sailboat--all 165 feet of her--had been built in Italy and recently underwent a full retrofit. Once aboard, the crew welcomed us with refreshments and big smiles. Before we got too comfortable and settled into the plush comforts of the boat, Alain, the captain, took us on a tour of Blue Gold's impressive accommodations. The master suite had a king-size bed, with a lounge area and \"his & hers\" wardrobes. The VIP cabin had a queen-size bed, also with a lounge area. Both had ensuite bathrooms. The first evening aboard was the perfect start to our voyage--a small cocktail party followed by a light meal of seared tuna salad. It was exactly what our jet-lagged bodies craved, and we all slept very well aboard what would become our new home for the next 7 days. In the morning after breakfast, we sailed to Pulau Ta Ngah (also spelled \"Pulau Tengah\"; pulau means island in Malay). In the 1970s the site had been a Vietnamese refugee transit camp. Not... Question: Where is Langkawi? Options: A: In Pulau Ta Ngah B: In Malaysia C: In the Atlantic Ocean D: In The Arctic\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: If this is the response, what came before? Since these events predated the Kingdom of Portugal and the clergy's heritage marked a claim to significant strategical gains , Spain counterclaimed that the expedition was, in fact, theirs.\n++++++++++\nBefore this should be: DIALOG:\nWhat is the modern geological view of Antillia?\n- Contrary to the earlier descriptions of the two island groups as distinct entities, a 16th-century notion relegates Antillia to the island of São Miguel, the largest of the Azores, where a national park centering on two lakes still bears the name Sete Cidades.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- A Portuguese legend tells how the island was settled in the early 8th century in the face of the Moorish conquest of Iberia by the Archbishop of Porto, six other bishops and their parishioners to avoid the ensuing Moorish invasion.\n- What happened to the Moors?\n- Each congregation founded a city, namely, Aira, Anhuib, Ansalli, Ansesseli, Ansodi, Ansolli and Con, and once established, burnt their caravel ships as a symbol of their autonomy.\n- Did they have any problems?\n- The reporting of this settlement comes courtesy of a young couple who eloped back to Europe on a rare trading ship and reported the seven cities as a model of agricultural, economic and cultural harmony.\n- Did they try to do anything to get back to Europe?\n- Centuries later, the island became known as a proto-utopian commonwealth, free from the disorders of less favoured states.\n- What happened after they eloped?\n- \n\n\nProblem: If this is the response, what came before? Santa Cruz county officials approved the building of roads and homes while ignoring the hazardous conditions being created with this change in the landscape.\n++++++++++\nBefore this should be: DIALOG:\nWhat is the issue of Safe Area in regards to Love Creek?\n- A survey of unsafe areas would have limited the ability of the developers to build roads and homes in the mountainous areas of Santa Cruz county.\n- Was there ever a survey done?\n- A later study was done but without the requisite verification on the ground and so it was not an accurate survey of area.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- Love Creek flooding and landslides took place in an area that had been stable for centuries prior to the logging and removal of the redwoods which continues to the present day.\n- Is there any mention of how the logging affects the environment?\n- \n\n\nProblem: If this is the response, what came before? In many cities around the world, documentary film festivals are held annually to showcase documentaries made that year.\n++++++++++\nBefore this should be: DIALOG:\nWhat do you find most interesting in the List of documentary film festivals article?\n- List of documentary film festivals Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film, which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to \"document\" reality.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- Although \"documentary film\" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a television series.\n- What happened because of this?\n- Documentary, as it applies here, works to identify a \"filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception\" that is continually evolving and is without clear boundaries.\n- Is this a positive thing?\n- \n\n\nProblem: If this is the response, what came before? Appian Way may refer to:\n++++++++++\nBefore this should be:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "DIALOG:\nWhat was the Appian Way?\n- Appian Way (disambiguation) Appian Way was one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n-", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Montreal(Reuters)-Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen $10,000for breaking Washington's strict new security rules. The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church. There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US -- which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings. As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later, Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally. Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint. Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. \"I feel like I'm living in a prison.\" he said. Question: Which of the following statements is NOT true? Options: A: The US citizens living on the American border can't enter Canada without special passes. B: The US stopped giving out special passes to the Canadians living in that area last May. C: The US customs officers told Albert the reason why the similar program had been stooped. D: It is obvious that Albert is not pleased with the decisions on the fine and in a bad mood.\n(A).\nC\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: In most parts of the world, as far back as anyone can remember , there has been a puppet tradition. Although some of us think of puppets as children's entertainment, they were----and oftenstill are used to tell serious stories to adult audiences. Even in these days of special effects, the puppettheatre still has a special place in many cultures. The best known puppet characters in Britain are Punch and Judy, glove puppets with woodenheads. In summer, one basic play of about half an hour is performed on beaches all around Britain .Mr. Punch, who has an enormous nose and wears a curved hat, gets into trouble and has argumentswith his wife, Judy. A policeman , a crocodile, and a hangman, and all of them run after Mr. Punch .He ,of course, _ manages to survive to fight another day . In Belgium wooden puppets first appeared in the 1820s in cities like liege . The liege puppetsare in fact string puppets without strings!They have a single rod attached to their heads, whichmeans the puppeteers aren't able to raise the arms and legs, but can move the body up and down and the head from side to side. Many of the stories used to be historical or religious but it is Tchantches,a comic character wit patched trousers and a big black hat, who is the best loved character today. LikeMr. Punch, he is a simple man who is also greedy, quarrelsome and lazy. He makes fun of everyone, but is often warm--hearted and tender. Question: The biggest difference between puppets in Britain and puppets in Belgium is their _ . Options: A: performing time B: operating ways C: producing material D: decorating characters\n(A).\nB\n\n\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Hello! The University of Hawaii is located just outside of downtown Honolulu in green Manoa valley. We invite you to visit and want to let you know about our learning programs, the richness of our culture, the beauty of our environment, the spirit of our students and teachers, advanced equipment and modern buildings. We look forward to seeing you come. The following information is given so that your visit will be as easy as possible. You should get in touch with us ahead of time. You may directly contact the office of the College to schedule appointment service at 1-877-447-3233. To arrange a campus tour please hand in a request through our Online Campus Visit Request Form. Tours are on weekdays: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:00a.m. -- 9:30a.m.: Meet with a University Representative 9:30a.m. -- 11:30a.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM (The University of Hawaii at Manoa) student Tuesday & Thursday 1:00p.m. -- 1:30p.m.: Meet with a University Representative 1:30p.m. -- 3:30p.m.: General Campus Tour with a UHM student You also can get in touch with us by: Phone Number: 1 (877) 447-3233, or 1 (808) 956-6524 E-mail: visituhm@hawaii.edu How do you get to UHM? It is in Honolulu less than 3 miles away from Waikiki and about 9 miles from Honolulu International Airport. By car: From Waikiki and from Honolulu International Airport Taxi: Taxi fare to UHM is about $25.00, except baggage charges and a tip of 10 to 15 percent. Public bus: Luggage is allowed on city buses. Bus stops are on the second floor of the airport. A one-way fare is $2.00 (in exact change). Question: The University of Hawaii lies _ . Options: A: outside green Manoa valley B: in the business area of Honolulu C: outside the center of Honolulu D: outside the city of Honolulu\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: There is a big supermarket near Mrs. Green's home. She usually goes there to buy food. The shop assistants are polite and helpful. The things are cheap, too. One day, Mrs. Green goes to the supermarket. She buys some noodles. Biscuits are also their children's favorite food. And she buys some milk. Her children always have milk for breakfast. Mimi likes fish and Tim likes hot dogs. She buys some fish and sausages for them, too. Mrs. Green doesn't have any rice at home. So she buys a bag of rice, but she can't take it. It is very heavy. Her husband, Mr. Green is coming to the supermarket and carry the rice.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: . Mimi likes _ .Options:A fishB hot dogsC riceD vegetableAnswer:A\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: On a hot day, it can be hard to know what to do to feel good. Playing in water is one way to feel cooler. Taking a cool bath or a shower can feel really good on a hot day. It is also important for us to drink water. If you feel thirsty, you should drink water immediately. On hot days, you can lose about 16 glasses of water in one day, so many doctors advise that you should try to drink at least that much every day. Mixing a little fruit juice into your water is a fun way to help you drink plenty of water. The food we eat also makes a difference in how we feel in the heat. Cold food, such as ice cream and drinks with some ice, can cool down our bodies. However, eating spicy food makes our bodies even warmer. The clothes we wear can help us feel cooler as well. Light-coloured, light-weight clothes feel cooler in the sun than dark, heavy clothing. Loose clothes are more comfortable in the heat than tight ones. Even though it is not healthy to run around during the hottest time of the day, that doesn't mean a hot day is not fun! You can read stories in your room. You can also paint or draw without moving your body too much. These are just some of many cool things to do on a hot day.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: How much water do we need in one hot day?Options:A Only 16 glasses of water.B Less than 16 glasses of water.C At least 16 glasses of water.D As much as possible.Answer:C\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people's health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch. Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries can not understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other. ,.\n++++++++++\noutput: Question: Sports are good for _Options:A the playersB people's healthC the coachesD people who like sportsAnswer:B\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: One day, a physically-deformed man came to our college and on his back was a notice saying, \"Free shoe repairing for college students\". Repairing shoes for free? Most of us didn't believe it, and some even thought that it was just a device to the students who would have to pay for shoes once they had been repaired. But the man just smiled and said, \"Save your money to buy some books.\" These words really surprised me and I talked with him, \"You need to make a living. Why do you repair shoes for us for free?\" He answered, while keeping on working, \"I'm an illiterate , but I know how important knowledge is for everyone. So I'd like to serve the students like you. I hope you can do well in your studies. In my opinion, money isn't everything in life.\" After the chat, I felt he was great compared with me. He, a physically-deformed man who couldn't walk without a wheelchair, still tried his best to devote himself to society. I would like to thank him because he gave me a new direction in my life, and taught me what the true value of life is. ,.\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Question: What does the writer think of the physically-deformed man?Options:A He is hard-working.B He is brave.C He is great.D He is healthy.Answer:C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: I' m Eric. Welcome to our classroom. You can see a nice classroom. A blackboard is on the wall. A map of China and a map of the world are on the wall, too. The map of China is old. But the map of the world is new. There is a teacher's desk. An eraser and a ruler are on it. There are two doors in the wall. Some brooms and a football are behind the door. Fifty desks and chairs are in our classroom. They are our desks and chairs. That is a bookcase. And some books are in it. The students can read them after class but can't _ any of them out. Some flowers are near the window. They are red. We like our classroom. We like our class, too. Question: Where is the eraser? Options: A: In Eric's schoolbag. B: On Eric's desk. C: On the teacher's desk. D: Under the teacher's desk.\nC\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Many animals go on long and difficult journeys to find food or places for their young to start life. They often travel very far, sometimes even halfway around the world. Some animals make one of these amazing journeys every year, while others make only one amazing journey in their lives. Some animals travel over land, some through water and others in the air. Green turtles spend most of their lives in the sea, but they come to the shore to lay their eggs. Every two or three years, fully-grown female turtles swim a long way to the same beach where they were hatched and lay their eggs there. Some turtles may travel over 1240 miles to reach the same beach. No one knows how these turtles are able to find the same beach again. Monarch butterflies live in North America. At the end of summer, they fly south to Mexico. In spring, they fly back north. During this journey, the adults lay their eggs and then they die. When the young butterflies hatch, they continue the journey north. No one knows how the young butterflies know where to go. Question: The main idea of this passage is _ . Options: A: about some animals' looks B: about some animals' journeys to find food or lay eggs C: why some animals lay eggs D: when some animals find food\nB\nQ: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Since last year, Where Are We Going, Dad? has become one of the most popular TV shows. On the show, the five fathers and their children traveled around China, riding camels through the western desserts , fishing on the east coast, and selling vegetables for their bus fare( )home in southwestern Yunnan Province. One dad doesn't know how to do his daughter's hair, so some people try to help him. Another one must survive with his son for three days in the desert. Because the father can't cook, they only eat instant noodles . Why is Where Are We Going, Dad? so popular? Because it is about how Chinese parents look after their kids. The show makes modern parents think about what they should do with their kids. \"In traditional Chinese culture, the father is strict and the mother is kind. But on the show, we see fathers who are much kinder on their kids and more involved in their upbringing .\"said Li Minyi, a professor of early childhood education. In the past, children were taught to follow their parents' wishes and look after _ in their old age. But today Chinese parents start to realize that respecting their children's choices may be a better way to be ready for modern society. As they raise their children, parents are growing up at the same time. Question: One father and his son only eat instant noodles because _ . Options: A: there aren't any vegetables in the desert B: the father can't cook C: they think instant noodles are delicious D: they have no money to buy something to eat\nA: B\nQuestion: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: San Francisco has many museums. You can visit one and learn something new. We have art, science, history and other special museums. Some museums are open every day. Some are only open on certain days. Many museums are expensive, and others are free. But some of the expensive ones have free days . Many museums have websites. The websites usually have information about the things you can see in the museums. On a museum's website you can get information about ticket prices and free days. You can also know where the museum is and when it is open. Sometimes the information is on the first page, and it's very easy for you to find. But sometimes you have to click on the words like Visit Information, or About to find the information. That will be hard work for you. Question: Many museums have _ with information about the things you can see in them. Options: A: ticket prices B: their websites C: open hours D: free days\nAnswer: B\n*Question*\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: My friend has a big police dog named Kim. Police dogs are often very smart. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Kim for a long walk in the park. Kim likes walking very much. One Sunday afternoon a man visited my friend. He talked to my friend a long time. They talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Kim for his walk, but the man still stayed. Kim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the living-room sometimes and at last sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man went on talking. After thirty minutes, Kim couldn't stand it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of the man again but this time he held the man's hat in his mouth. Question: Where do they go for a walk? Options: A: In the park B: Outside the house C: Behind the park D: In the living-room\n**Answer**\nA\n(Q).\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: If someone asks you, \"What colour is the sky?\" I think you will answer \"blue\". I'm afraid that you will be wrong. The sky has no colour. It looks blue because we are looking at the blue sunlight. The sunlight is shining on little bits of dust in the air. Is the sky full of air? I'm sure that you have asked this question, too. We know that there is air all around the world, but we couldn't fly very high because as we go high, the air gets thinner. If we go far enough away from the earth, we find there is no air. Maybe we can answer some questions now. What is the sky? Where is it? It is all round the world. The sky is space . In space there is nothing, but only the sun, the moon, the earth and all the other stars. Question: We can't fly very high because _ . Options: A: there's too much air in the sky B: the high sky is full of dirty air C: there's no air in the high enough sky D: the sun is too hot\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: About one million years ago, the Ice Age began. The Ice Age was a long period of time in which four great glaciers pushed southward to cover almost all the upper half of North America, and then melted away. Each glacier was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a center near what is now Hudson Bay in Canada. The winters were long, and the cool summers were too short to melt much of the ice and snow. The ever-growing sheet built up to a thickness of two miles at its center. As all glaciers do, these great glaciers slid. They pushed down giant trees in their paths and scraped the earth bare of soil. Many animals moved farther south to escape. Others stayed and were destroyed. When winters of little snow came, the summer cut into the edges of the ice sheets. As the glaciers melted, rocks soil and other things that had mixed with the ice and snow were left. New hills, lakes and rivers were formed. The last of the great glaciers began its melting about 11, 000 years ago. Its melting formed the Great Lakes. These lakes today are little changed from their early sizes and shapes. The largest of the North American river systems was also influenced by the glaciers. This is the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system. These rivers were miles wide at first. Through the years they settled into _ present channels. Question: The Ice Age lasted almost _ . Options: A: 1,000 years B: 100 years C: 1,000,000 years D: 11, 000 years\nC\n(Question)\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: When Lady Gaga releases a new, pleasing and easily remembered single, it quickly goes around the world. Now scientists have discovered the same thing happens with the songs of another creature----the humpback whale. The mammals become absorbed by new tunes just like people do, and the most popular original whale songs spread globally like hit singles. Male humpback whales are famed for the loud, long and complicated songs they make during the mating season. Each song lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and the males can sing nonstop for 24 hours. At any one time, all the males in a population sing the same song. But a study shows that this song changes over time and spreads around the oceans. Dr. Ellen Garland of Queensland University, said: \"Songs move like cultural communication from one population to another, causing all males to change their song to a new version.\" Researchers recorded songs from six neighboring populations of whales in the Pacific over a decade. They found that new versions of the songs appear over time and always spread from west to east. It takes two years for songs that appear in the waters off Australia to be heard in French Polynesia. Most of the new songs contain material from the previous year mixed with something new. \" It would be like getting an old Beatles song together with U2,\" she said. \" Occasionally they completely throw the current song out of the window and start singing a completely new song\". Dr. Garland believes that a small number of whales may migrate to other populations carrying the new songs with them, or that they are heard by passing whales. The researchers suspect whales adopt new songs to make themselves distinct. Dr. Garland said: \" we think this male search for new songs is in the hope of being that little bit different and perhaps more attractive to the opposite sex.\" Question: According to the text, we can learn that _ Options: A: humpback whales don't like living in groups. B: new songs contain nothing that is in the old songs. C: humpback whales in the west change their tunes first. D: female humpback whales can sing loud and long songs.\n(Answer)\nC\nQues: Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Robots make me nervous--especially the ones which seem to think for themselves. I was embarrassed to admit this till I heard that Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, felt the same way. Gates said in an interview with the social networking and news website Reddit: \"I am in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence. First the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent.That should be positive if we manage well. A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern.\" Well, maybe I don't have to worry about my computer and kitchen equipment yet. After I use them I can always pull the plug. But in the future, machines might find a way to prevent us from switching them off. There's a terrible thought! Maybe the problem with computers too clever for us is not that they are evil like some we've seen in sci-fi movies. What could put us in danger is that they might be too efficient. That's what philosopher Nick Bostrom from Oxford University believes. He says that machines are indifferent to humans and in pursuit of their own goals,the destruction of people might be just additional damage. Bostrom gives us an example: A machine which might have as its only goal to produce as many paperclips as possible might look at human bodies as extra material for paperclips and go after you. Because it is, well, a machine, it would not take pity on you. It's a good thing that American writer Isaac Asimov thought about how far robots can go and left us his three rules of robotics. They state that a robot may not hurt a human being or allow the human being to come to harm. I'm glad my machines at home are \"dumb\". All my cleaner wants to take over is the carpet in my living room. Let's hope they don't create an appliance which wants to take over the world!. Question: How does the author feel about Isaac Asimov's rules of robotics? Options: A: Optimistic B: Sympathy C: Disappointed D: Regretful\nAns: A\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Happiness is important for everyone. Most people want to be happy but few know how to find happiness. Money and success don't bring lasting happiness. Happiness depends on ourselves. In other words, we make our own happiness. Some people believe that if they are _ , they will be able to do anything they want, which means happiness. On the other hand, some people believe that holding a high position in the government is happiness. In this way, you have not only money, but also many other things which can't be bought by money. However, other people believe that having lots of money is not happiness, nor is holding a high position in the government. These people value their beliefs, or their intelligence, or their health. They think these can make them happy. Here are a few ways to help you be happier. The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future, for example, getting into college or getting a good job, that we don't enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have close friends usually enjoy happier and healthier lives. The second secret of happiness is to be active. Many people go dancing or play sports. People can forget about their problems and only think about the activities. Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. According to studies, people feel good when they volunteer their time to do many meaningful things for other people. If you want to feel happier, do something nice for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to get food for an old neighbor, or simply help around the house. Now maybe you know how to find happiness! Question: The writer thinks the secret of happiness is that people _ . Options: A: think about getting a good job B: think of presents they don't like C: often spend time with close friends D: often spend time on entering the college\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Example conversation: DIALOG:\nWhat are the main elements of Neo-Nazi ideology?\n- Current active organisations include Antipodean Resistance, local chapters of the Aryan Nations, and Blood and Honour, as well as prominent individuals such as Blair Cottrell.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- \nIn New Zealand, historical neo-Nazi organisations include Unit 88 and the National Socialist Party of New Zealand.\n\n\nRead the dialog and predict the next turn. DIALOG:\nWhat is Jaffa Institute's main activity?\n- The Jaffa Institute The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa (“The Jaffa Institute”) is a non-profit, multi-service social agency located in Jaffa, Israel.\n- When was it founded?\n- \n\nThe Institute was founded by Dr. David Portowitz in 1982.\n\n\nExample conversation: Write the response (start with \"Response:\") DIALOG:\nWhere is Kumbalangi located in the world?\n- Kumbalangi Kumbalangi is an island village in the outskirts of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India.\n- What is important about Kumbalangi?\n- Situated amidst backwaters, around 12 km (7.5 mi) from the city center, Kumbalangi is a major tourist attraction and is famous for its Chinese fishing nets.\n- How large is Kumbalangi?\n- Kumbalangi island is 16 km in area.\n- Is there a train station in Kumbalangi?\n- It is situated around 15 km from the Ernakulam Junction Railway Station and around 40 km from the Cochin International Airport.\n- How many people live in Kumbalangi?\n- Nearly 1,00,000 people live in the village.\n- What do the people of Kumbalangi do?\n- \n\nResponse: The main occupation in Kumbalangy is fishing, and there are over 100 Chinese nets in the backwaters that face the village.\n\n\nSee the conversation examples, and predict the next turn. DIALOG:\nWhat were Alison Lapper's difficulties?\n- \n\nHis mother afterwards said that he had been bullied at school over her disability, which led to his being sectioned for mental health problems at the age of 17.\n\n\nGet response for this dialogue: DIALOG:\nwhat are the similarities and differences between scientific articles and love letters\n- (For example, a set of scientific articles will tend to be similar to each other in word use but very different from a set of love letters.)\n- what is the difference between the two types of learning\n- This is a type of unsupervised learning. (The same technique can be used for doing semi-supervised learning, i.e. where we know the correct category of some fraction of the documents and would like to use this knowledge to help in clustering the remaining documents.)\n- can you explain the model\n- \nThe model is as follows: In many ways, this model is very similar to the LDA topic model described above, but it assumes one topic per document rather than one topic per word, with a document consisting of a mixture of topics.\n\n\nExample conversation: Write the response (start with \"Response:\") DIALOG:\nWhat is the list of Crystal Palace F.C. managers?\n- List of Crystal Palace F.C. managers The following is a list of managers of Crystal Palace Football Club from the beginning of the club's official managerial records in 1905 to the present day.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- Each manager's entry includes the dates of his tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost).\n- Who was the most successful manager?\n- The most successful manager of Crystal Palace is Steve Coppell, who during his 13-year reign as manager took the club to an FA Cup Final, third place in the top flight, won the Full Members Cup and were also twice second tier play-off winners.\n- What was the manager's greatest accomplishment?\n- \n\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Response: He is also the club's second longest-serving manager, presiding over a total of 565 games from 1984 to 2000 (over four spells).", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "[Q]: Read the below conversation. Man: Where shall we go? What would the listener say?\n****\n[A]: Woman: Since there isn't any homework for today, let's go to the movies instead of going home.\n\n\ninput: Please answer the following: Read the below conversation. M: Excuse me, I think you are in my seat. W: Sorry, but it says 7A on my boarding card. M: Oh, right. I asked for a window seat, you see. W: Yes, so did I. What's your seat number? M: Let's see. Oh, it's 8A. W: So I guess you are in the seat behind me. What would the listener say?\n++++++++++\noutput: M: Oh, yes. Sorry about that.\n\n\nPlease answer this: Read the below conversation. M: I am sure you've noticed a lot of things that are different about our school. W: Oh, yes. In the United States, we don't have to carry a big school bag with us like you do. M: Why is that? W: We have a locker of our own, which is a small box with a lock. We keep textbooks and our personal things in it. I just bring a day-pack to school. M: A day-pack? W: Yes. It's a small bag that you carry on your back. M: What do you carry in it? W: My notebooks or a few books for homework. M: That's convenient. Is there anything else you've noticed about our school? W: Yes. I am surprised that everyone is so silent in class. M: What do you mean? W: Well, we usually ask questions about exams, homework or textbooks on the first day of the school year. The teacher likes such questions. M: So you felt it different. W: Yes. I expected to see a lot of discussions in class, because we learn in that way in the United States. M: I see. That would be a good topic for our school newspaper for the first month of the term. Nice talking with you. See you around. Bye. What would the listener say?\n++++++++\nAnswer: W: Bye.\n\n\nProblem: Read the below conversation. W: Have you any plan for the weekend, Tom? M: Yeah, Laura. I'm going for a ride around the Qinghai Lake on Saturday, but it depends on the weather. W: According to the forecast, it'll be cloudy the day after tomorrow, good for a ride. M: Great! Do you go riding often? W: Absolutely. I go as much as I can, because we can really get in touch with nature. It would be nice to get out of the city. Do you want any company? M: Sure, but it will be a 30-mile ride. Have you been riding so long before? W: Yeah, I go a lot too. I even saw a bear and some monkeys on my last ride. My friend Mike and I rode more than 30 miles to a very wild part of the national forest. M: Wow! You must have been pretty far away from the city. Shall we invite him to go along? W: Of course. I'll ask him. What would the listener say?\n\nA: M: Thanks. We will have a good time this weekend.\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: Read the below conversation. W: You're the editor of Public Eye. What kind of topics does your program cover? M: Well, there are essentially domestic stories. We don't cover international stories. We don't cover party politics or economics. We do issues of general social concern to our British audience. They can be anything from the future of the health service to the way the environment is going downhill. W: How do you choose the topic? Do you choose one because it's what the public wants to know about or because it's what you feel the public ought to know about? M: I think it's a mixture of both. Sometimes you have a strong feeling that something is important and you want to see it examined and you want to contribute to a public debate. Sometimes people come to you with things they are worried about and they can be quite small things. They can be a story about corruption in local government, something they cannot quite understand, why it doesn't seem to be working out properly, like they are not having their litter collected properly or the dustbins emptied. W: How do you know that you've got a really successful program? One that is just right for the time? What would the listener say?\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\nM: I think you get a sense about it after working in it in a number of years. You know which stories are going to get the attention. They are going to be published just the point when the public are concerned about that.\n\n\nProblem: Read the below conversation. W: So what do you think you are going to do when you graduate, John? M: I'm not sure. My dad says I should work in information technology. You know something with computers. W: Is that what your dad does? M: Not really. He is an engineer. W: How about you? What are you interested in doing? M: Well. I'm interested in medicine. I'd love to be a doctor. W: Yeah, what subject are you good at? What would the listener say?\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "M: Math is my best subject. And I'm also pretty good at science.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to visit China at an \"appropriate\" time this year, a senior Chinese military official said on Monday. Colonel Tu Qiming, director of the American and Oceania Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office at the National Defense Ministry, made the remark during Sino-US defense talks this week. This is the first ever \"special defense policy dialogue\" between the two defense ministries, according to the Chinese military. *** FRANCES Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the first case of mad cow disease detected in a goat last Friday. The goat killed in 2002 tested positive for mad cow disease. It is the first case in the world of the fatal disease being found in an animal other than a bovine. The human form of mad cow disease causes brain-wasting, personality change, loss of body function, and ends in death. The European Commission has not advised any change in farming and consuming goats, said the French Ministry in a statement published last Friday. *** MOBILE phone sales hit a new record in 2010, with some 684 million units sold around the world, the US research institute Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The number represents an increase of 32 per cent over 2003, when 571 million units were sold. Strategy Analytics predicts a more modest rise of 8 per cent for this year, to 735 million. Finnish cell phone provider Nokia stayed out in front in 2010, with sales of 207.6 million units, giving it a market share of 30.4 per cent. Motorola moved to No 2, just ahead of the South Korean company Samsung. *** SIX male penguins at a German zoo are proving stubbornly resistant to females brought in from Sweden to make them into breeding .Of the ten male penguins at the zoo, six have formed into \"homosexual\" couples and have shown no interest in the females, making breeding an impossibility. So the zoo imported the four female penguins from Sweden last month, full of hope that the new arrivals could \"turn\" the males. But so far, the boys are remaining strictly with the boys. Options: A Nokia. B Motorola. C Samsung. D Cell phones. Answer: D Cell phones. Question:\nAns: Which will probably reach the sales of 735 million units in 2010?\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Xiao Shenyang will present a comedy in mid-May. You'll enjoy Errenzhuan ,a local folk dance from Northeast China. Time: 8 p. m. May 10 Tickets: 280-800 Yuan Venue:Shenzhen Sports Center Booking: 11185 Rubina Ali,the young actress who played Lakita in \"Slumdog Millionaire\" ,is performing in a musical named \"Sleeping Beauty\". Time: 7:30 p. m. June 1 Tickets: 280 Yuan Venue:Shenzhen Poly Theater Booking: 86371698 LiuQian, a well-known magician from Taiwan, is performing wonderful magic, tricks. Time:3 p. m. June 20 Tickets:500 Yuan (5% off if you buy on-line) Venue:Shenzhen Children's Palace Booking:89812344 Britain's singing sensation Susan Boyle is coming! You may enjoy her angelic voice in her concert. Time:8 p. m. July 25 Tickets:380-700 Yuan Venue:Shenzhen Grand Theater Booking:82337625 Options: A a musical B a concert C a magic show D a local folk dance Answer: D a local folk dance Question:\nAns: Xiao Shenyang will present _ .\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Recently I went to the Tsavo National Park in northern Kenya for a film. We set off early for a distant water hole. A huge elephant,covered with dry mud,drank calmly and deeply. He might have traveled 50 km to reach the water. He wasn-t going to hurry now. He-d drink a while and then rest in the shade, and then drink again-or so we thought. What actually happened was that he drank deeply and stepped away. Then he suddenly fell down. Within minutes he was dead. We called animal doctor Jeremiah Poghon immediately. He removed the head of a poisoned arrow from the eLephant s body,and let out over 100 litters of pus -the result of the elephants meeting with a poacher months before. Today's poacher shoots from a blind. He fires an arrow,covered with poison,into the body of an elephant. If the poacher is lucky,the elephant might die in an hour or two; if not,he might have to follow the elephant for days before it dies. Often the arrow head fails to kill the elephant at once-it doesn't mean the poison won't finally kill the elephant,but it will be a slow death. Living in Tsavo through these times,l could see the results of poaching from time to time. When I think about the death of that elephant,what stays with me is the extraordinary silence after the shocking sound of his body hitting the ground. I took some comfort from the knowledge that as the dead body returned to the soil,some animals would benefit-but I couldn't escape the feeling that with the death of such a large animal,the world seemed a poorer and emptier place. Options: A To introduce African elephant. B To show the cruelty of poaching. C To describe his filming experience. D To ask readers to protect wild animals. Answer: B To show the cruelty of poaching. Question:\nAns: Why did the author write the text?\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: One of the requirements of every graduation ceremony speaker is that they offer some advice. Well, get ready, here it comes. Soon you will be leaving the company of those who think they have all the answers -your professors, instructors and counselors-and going out into what we like to call the real world. In time you will meet up with other people who think they have all the answers. These people are called bosses. My advice is: humor them. A little later you'll meet additional people who think they have all the answers. These are called spouses . My advice is: humor them, too. And of all goes well, in a few years you will meet still another group of people who think they have all the answers. These are called children. Humor them. Life will go on, your children will grow up, go to school and someday they could be taking part in a graduation ceremony just like this one. And who knows, the speakers responsible for handing out good advice might be you. Halfway through your speech, the graduate sitting next to your daughter will lean over and ask, \"Who is that woman up there who thinks she has all the answers?\" Well, thanks to the reasonable advice you are hearing today and that I hope you will all pass on, she will be able to say, \"That is my mother. Humor her.\" Options: A The Requirement Of Speakers B How to Offer Advice C Humour them! D To Hell with them! Answer: C Humour them! Question:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Ans: What is the best title for the passage?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques:In north America people are always in a hurry.Children have special lessons or sports activities after school.Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night.More than 50% of women work at full-time jobs,and many people do part-time work.Most North American families don't have time to eat many meals together. When a family takes the time to eat a meal together,often there isn't enough time to prepare the food That is why \"fast food \"is so popular in North America.People spend about 40% of their dollars on fast food. Fast food is food such as pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken.People usually buy the food from a restaurant chain such as Pizza Hut,McDonald's,or Kentucky Fried Chicken.Fast food saves time,but it is not very nutritious . Fast food is popular in many countries.American fast-food companies now have restaurants all over the world.But not everyone is happy about the spread( of North American fast food.A group of people in Italy want to fight against it.They do not want any more fast-food chains to open restaurants in their country.They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world. The passage is mainly about _ . A) fast food B) history of fast food C) fast food in Italy D) fast food restaurants\n\nAns:A\n-----\nQues:It was the last day of the final exam in a college. Outside the classroom, a group of students were waiting for the last exam. On their faces was confidence. They knew the exam would be easy. The teacher said they could bring any books or notes during the test. Right after they came into the classroom. The teacher handed out the papers. There were only five questions on it. Three hours passed. Then the teacher began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked _ but they looked very nervous. The teacher watched these worried faces, and then asked. \"How many of you finished all five questions?\" No one answered. \"How many of you answered four?\" Still no one put up the hand. \"Three? Two?\" The students moved restlessly in their seats. \"One, then? Certainly somebody finished one.\" But the class kept silent . The teacher said, \"That is what I thought. I just want to make you know clearly that you finished four years of study, but there are still many things about the subject you don't know. These questions you could not answer are common in everyday life.\" Then, he smiled and said \"You will all pass this exam, but it doesn't mean that you learned the subject well. There are still more things for you to learn in your later life.\" Now we can't remember the name of this teacher clearly, but we can't forget the lesson he taught us. What can the students learn from the last exam? A) He laughs best who laughs last. B) A good beginning is half done. C) One is never too old to learn. D) The early bird catches the worm.\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Dear Dr. Smith, My mom always keeps asking me, \"What's going on?\" If I want to go to a concert, she asks who I will go with. I think that's my own business . Sometimes it looks like she doesn't trust me. It makes me very sad. How can I get her to stop? Dear Katie, Many young people have the same problem as you. If you don't talk much with your parents, they might feel they need to ask you questions to know about your life. It seems to you that your mom is getting into your business, but I think she's just trying to keep a close relationship with you. In fact, some experts often tell parents to stay close to their kids by asking them about what's going on in their life. Some parents do this better than others, of course. But, unluckily, some parents ask questions because they don't trust their kids. So start by trying to trust your mom. She is probably just trying to stay close to you because she loves and cares about you. You can have a talk with her about it. Of course, that doesn't make the questions less boring. If you're tired of so many questions, tell your mom about your feelings the day before she asks. If you _ more information, conversations with your mom won't seem like she's just asking you too many questions! If you do this, I'm sure you can get on well with your mom. Dr. Smith Dr. Smith thinks Katie's mother probably _ . A) doesn't love Katie B) doesn't trust Katie C) tries to stay close to Katie D) tries to get into Katie's business\n\nAns:C\n-----\nQues:Sarah lives in the country, and she loves playing in the river near her house. But her father gets a job in a big city, and he moves there with his family. Their new house has a garden, but the garden is very small. Sarah isn't happy. \"Is there a river near here?\" she asks her mother on the first morning. Her mother answers, \"No, there isn't, but there is a nice park near here and there is a pool in it. We are going there this afternoon.\" Sarah is happy now. After lunch, Sarah and her mother go to the park. Sarah wants to walk near the pool, but there is a sign before it. Her mother reads it to her, \"Warning : This pool is dangerous. 367 people fell into it.\" Sarah looks into the pool carefully , and she says, \"But I can't see them.\" Sarah's father works _ . A) in the country B) in a big city C) in a small city D) in a park\n\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B\n-----", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "input question: You are given a new situation: Burr township is situated on the western side of the ridge, at a lower altitude, and is experiencing atmospheric convection every once in a while, while Jolt township, on the eastern side, has a less windy, less cloudy environment and is situated at a higher altitude. and a hint : Atmospheric convection is the result of a parcel-environment instability, or temperature difference layer in the atmosphere. Different lapse rates within dry and moist air masses lead to instability. Mixing of air during the day which expands the height of the planetary boundary layer leads to increased winds, cumulus cloud development, and decreased surface dew points. Moist convection leads to thunderstorm development, which is often responsible for severe weather throughout the world. Special threats from thunderstorms include hail, downbursts, and tornadoes. Please answer this question : Which township is situated at a higher altitude????\noutput answer: Jolt\n\n\nYou are given a new situation: The hospital in Y city had a good disposal site in which they disposed of Biomedical wastes, but the hospital in the neighboring city X had big problems, because the biomedical waste contaminated the ground water and affected the population. and a hint : One of the most adverse impacts of poor waste management, especially municipal waste, is the incidence and prevalence of diseases such as malaria and respiratory problems, as well as other illnesses through the contamination of ground water. Biomedical wastes pose great danger in Bangladesh too as a report estimated that 20% of the biomedical waste is \"highly infectious\" and is a hazard since it is often disposed of into the sewage system or drains.[6] Such poor sanitation has serious consequences for the health of the residents and a report suggests that \"most of the child mortality could be related with this problem\".[7] With regards to the living standards, solid waste leads to blockage in the drainage system which leads to flooding in the streets. Consequently, mosquitoes and bad odour are among the negative impacts resulted.[7] Please answer this question : Which city had more problems because of biomedical waste?\n----\nAnswer: city X\n\n\nQ: You are given a new situation: John is trying to buy a house. Today, he saw two houses, house A and house B. House A was build in the 1920s. It has lead plumbing pipes and lead based paint. House B was build recently. It does not have lead plumbing pipes or lead based paint. and a hint : Many chemicals that were once commonly used were later found out to be harmful to the environment , to human health, or both. The element lead was once a common additive to gasoline and to paint. Plumbing pipes were once typically made of lead. Only since the 1970s has the danger of lead become apparent. It causes brain damage and small children (who often chewed on objects painted with lead-based paint) are particularly susceptible. The use of lead in gasoline, paint, and plumbing pipes is now banned and new materials are being developed to replace the hazardous lead components. Please answer this question : Which house most likely used newly developed materials, house A or house B?\nA: house B\n\n\nQuestion: You are given a new situation: The water level in Large Lake was high in March, 3 feet higher in April, and 7 feet higher still in May. It dropped to a much lower level in September, October and November, when they released a significant portion of the water as a yearly chore. and a hint : The water level is seasonal, being lowered by about 10 feet (3.0 m) over the winter. The reservoir fills in the spring from snow melt and underground springs. The lake is usually at full level by late spring, but in the occasional years of low snow melt and low rainfall, it may remain up to several feet below its typical level. Water is let out of the lake in the fall so that ice will not damage docks and other structures around the lake. This also leads to excellent water quality, as a significant portion of the water is replaced every year. Please answer this question : When was the water level lower, in April or in May?\nAnswer: in April\n\n\n[Q]: You are given a new situation: Two brothers went to the doctor's office for an appointment. The doctor discovered that Tim had very high levels of cholesterol, while Jim had normal levels. and a hint : Cholesterol has been implicated in heart disease for decades. Atherosclerosis is a disorder of the arteries in which cholesterol and other materials are deposited on the interior of the arterial wall. These deposits lead to the formation of plaques that can restrict or even block the flow of blood through these blood vessels (see Figure below ). A decrease in the flow of blood can lead to high blood pressure and a lowered oxygen supply to the heart muscle. A complete blockage of blood flow to parts of the heart (a heart attack) can cause significant damage due to oxygen deprivation, in some cases leading to death. Please answer this question : Which brother doesn't experience a lowered oxygen supply to the heart muscle?\n****\n[A]: Jim\n\n\nProblem: Given the question: You are given a new situation: Daniel visited two countries. Switzerland and India. There was almost no air pollution at all in Switzerland, while the air in India was almost impossible to breathe it was so polluted. and a hint : Air pollution is harmful to human beings and other living things. About 22 million people die from air pollution each year. Breathing polluted air increases the risk of developing lung diseases such as asthma and lung cancer. Breathing bad air also increases the chances of dying from other diseases. Children are most likely to be affected by air pollution. That’s because their lungs are still developing and growing. Children also take in more air for their size than adults do. Some air pollutants damage the environment as well as the health of living things. The type of damage depends on the pollutant. Air pollution can also harm the environment. Please answer this question : Which country had less environmental damage because of air pollution?\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\nThe answer is:\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Switzerland", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future ? While express mail representing efficiency and speed is prevalent in China , there is another type of mail appearing as a new business : \" Future Mail \" . \" Future Mail \" service can make people slow down and let them understand the meaning of \" time \" in another way . And \" Future Mail \" letters are \" reminders of affection , friendship and love \". Lin Xiaofan , a senior high school student in Hefei , wrote a letter to her mother in advance to express her love to her mother for next Mother's Day . Feng Xiao , a youth who feels pressure despite of some achievements in her career decided to write a letter to herself on her 25th birthday and have it delivered five years later on her 30th birthday through a \" Future Mail \" . She expressed her thoughts about her present life and her expectations for the future to encourage herself to face up to the challenges of her life with courage . While \" Future Mail \" is gaining popularity , some people are concerned about what happens if the postal address of the receiver changes or if the company goes broken before letters are delivered . Actually , customers required to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment so they can be _ if their letters or goods are lost or damaged . Most of the business's customers are college students and young white-collar workers . Psychologists said young Chinese might be given a vent to their negative feelings through the service . Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letters so they can experience the connection between \" past \" and \" present \" while they receive the letters . It can help people reunderstand the meaning of \" time \" . Which is NOT the purpose of Feng Xiao's letter ? A) To encourage herself to face up to the challenges . B) To express her thoughts about her present life . C) To express her expectations for the future . D) To remind herself of something she must do .\nAnswer: D\n\nQuestion: Plants need green leaves to make food. A plant needs sunlight and carbon dioxide from the air for making food and it also needs water and salts from the soil to make food too. There are certain cells in the leaves which change carbon dioxide and water into sugar. To do this the cells needs energy, which they get from the sunlight. Green leaves make food for the whole plant. A red leaf can make food too because under the red color1ing of the leaf there are food----making cells. There are no leaves which are completely yellow, for they can't make food. The plant makes sugar for its food. In sunlight green leaves make a lot of sugar. The veins can't carry all this sugar away, so the leaves change the sugar into starch , which is kept and so stored in the leaves. At night, the starch changes back to sugar. It is then carried away from the leaves. Some of the sugar is used as food by the plant while the rest is stored as starch. In some plants, food is stored in the roots, in others it is stored in the stem and in leaves, fruits and seeds. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this passage? _ . A) How green plants make food. B) How green plants make sugar. C) How green plants get their energy. D) How green plants change sugar into starch.\nAnswer: A\n\nQuestion: Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge of environmental claims made by household products, according to a \"green labeling\" study published by Consumers International Friday. Among the report's more unacceptalbe findings - a German fertilizer described itself as \"earthworm friendly\"; a brand of flour said it was \"non-polluting\" and a British toilet paper claimed to be \"environmentally friendlier\". The study was written and researched by Britain's National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumers International. It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission. \"While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear that there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impacts they buy,\" said Consumers International director, Anna Fielder. The 10-country study surveyed product packaging in Britain, Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average. The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergent , insect sprays and some garden products. It did not test claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September, 1999. Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too vague or too misleading to meet ISO standards. \"Many products had specially designed labels to make them seem environmentally friendly, but in fact many of these symbols mean nothing,\" said report researcher Philip Page. \"Laundry detergents made the most number of claims with 158. Household cleaners were second with 145 separate claims, while paints were third on our list with 73. The high numbers show how confusing it must be for consumers to sort the true from the misleading,\" he said. The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as... It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to _ . A) make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements B) see all household products meet environmental standards C) warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products D) verify the effects of non-polluting products\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Almost every girl wants to be healthy and beautiful. They try every means to make themselves look smarter. \"What are the best ways?\" Many girls may have this question in mind. Here is some advice that is very important for girls to follow. Keep fit. Check with your doctor for your proper weight range and work to get and stay within it. Exercise, eat properly, and drink plenty of water to achieve that weight and be as healthy as you can be. As long as you're in your healthy range, you'll look great. Mind your style, from top to bottom. There are two things that can make or break your look: your hair and your shoes. Look through hair magazines and talk with your hairstylist about what will look good with your face structure. Always keep your hair clean and styled. Wear clean, feminine shoes. That doesn't mean you always have to wear high heels. Make sure you can walk comfortably in them. Be fashionable. Learn about your body type, height, skin and preferences. Discover yourself, and fashion will come to you. You don't have to wear designer clothes, especially if you can't afford them. You can look through fashion magazines, pick your favourites and then find the similar ones that you can afford. Smile, and do it like you mean it. Smile, be merry and people will notice that. It will help you in many ways. Be nice to others. Looking pretty doesn't give you the right to look down on others or treat them badly. Only having good appearance doesn't mean you are beautiful. However, in order to get slim and beautiful, some girls can easily be absorbed in losing weight, resulting in eating disorders. Keep in mind that being healthy is more important than being thin. So try to eat healthy food, take regular exercise and keep a good mood. Question: The passage suggests that girls _ to be fashionable. Options: A: wear designer clothes that can make them more modern B: wear clothes according to their body shape and preferences C: wear the clothes that other beautiful girls like to wear D: wear the clothes that are recommended in the fashion magazines\nB\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: DNA left at a crime scene could be used in the future to build up a picture of an offender's face, it was revealed tonight. A first step towards genetic _ has been taken by researchers in the US who link specific DNA markers with face shape. To identify the genes, they focused on known mutations that cause changes of the face and head. Normal versions of these genes were found to influence individual features. For instance, one gene affected the lips, another the shape and configuration of bones around the eyes, and a third the appearance of the mid-face and skull. In total, 20 genes had \"significant effects\" on facial appearance. Lead scientist Professor Mark Shriver, from Pennsylvania State University, said: \"We use DNA to match to an individual or identify an individual, but you can get so much more from DNA. Currently we can't go from DNA to a face, or from a face to DNA, but it should be possible.\" The implications are far reaching, raising the possibility of creating a data bank of facial types based on genetic markers. DNA from a crime scene could then be used to produce a rough image of the face of an offender or victim. Such genetic mugshots may be more reliable than computer-generated \"e-fits\" based on witnesses' recollections. Other uses of the technique might include proving the identity of fathers in paternity cases, or visualising our remote ancestors from fossil DNA. The scientists wrote in the online journal Public Library of Science Genetics: \"Such predictive modelling could be forensically useful; for example, DNA left at crime scenes could be tested and faces predicted in order to help to narrow the pool of potential suspects. Further, our methods could be used to predict the facial features of descendants, deceased ancestors, and even extinct human species. In addition, these methods could prove to be useful diagnostic tools.\" The team developed a model which first established a range of physical face shapes from people of mixed West African and European ancestry from the US, Brazil and... Question: What is the most possible title of the passage? Options: A: Creating a data bank of DNA B: Recognizing the DNA of criminals C: Predicting the location of offence using DNA D: Building image of offender's face from DNA\n(Answer)\nD\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Nursing at Beth Israel Hospital produces the best patient care. If we are to solve the nursing shortage. hospital administration and doctors everywhere would do well to follow Beth Israel's example . At Beth Israel each patient is assigned to a primary nurse who visits at length with the patient and constructs a full-scale health account that covers everything from his medical history to his emotional state. Then she writes a care plan centered on the patient's illness but which also includes everything else that is necessary. The primary nurse stays with the patient through his hospitalization. keeping track with his progress and seeking further advice from his doctor. If a patient at Beth Israel is not responding to treatment. it is not uncommon for his nurse to propose another approach to his doctor. What the doctor at Beth Israel has in the primary nurse is a true colleague. Nursing at Beth Israel also involves a decentralized nursing administration; every unit is a self-contained organization. There are nurse-managers instead of head nurses; in addition to their medical duties they do all their own hiring and dismissing, employee advising, and they make salary recommendations. Each unit's nurses decide among themselves who will work what shifts and when. Beth Israel's nurse-in-chief ranks as an equal with other vice presidents of the hospital. She is also a member of the Medical Executive Committee. which in most hospitals includes only doctors. Question: A primary nurse can propose a different approach of treatment when Options: A: the present one is refused by the patient B: the patient complains about the present one C: the present one proves to be ineffective D: the patient is found unwilling to cooperate\nAns: C\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: At heart, parents always wish the best for their children, and they work hard for that. Nowadays, we see parents deciding the schools for their little ones before the baby is even born. Once kids start going to school, some parents want to have a time-to-time update of their kid's activities. They want to come to the classroom every day, keep an eye on whom they talk to, know the friends they keep, start telling them how to do their job, and keep talking or giving a feedback to them about everything under the sun. Besides, they send their kids for extra hobby classes, as they want their children to do best in every field. When it comes to the education, super mom and dad have all the plans made for their children, and I am sure that they have come up with the best. So, try to fight for the dreams that your parents have set for you. However, in some cases, it may happen that the kids have some different dreams. Parents sometimes don't even consider the choices of their kids and may force them to do what they wanted to do in life. It's good to plan the future for the children, but leave at least some decisions to them. So what should the children do? First, hear out all the plans that your parents have made for you. If you have some different ideas, then sit down and talk to your family about it. Be patient and respect their decisions, but put your plan forth, and make them understand what you want to do and why. Many times, you are not aware of the difficulties that you may have to face while _ your dreams. Ask your parents for suggestions, which will make them feel good and involved. That way, they may support you if you are going on the right path. Question: With respect to educational plans, the author advises _ . Options: A: children to do as they are told B: children to turn a deaf ear to their parents C: parents to respect their children's choices D: parents to do everything for their children\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Hello, My name is Dale. I'm 13 years old. This is a photo of my family. Look! This is my father. His name is Tim Brown. He is 45 years old. This is my mother Alice. She is 43 years old. I have a sister and her name is Gina. She is 11 years old. I look like my mother and Gina looks like my father. All my family are in the same school. My parents are teachers. They are friendly to the students, so the students love them very much. My sister and I are students and we love our school. Question: There are _ people in Dale's family. - Three - Four - Five - Six\nFour\n\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: In fall 2006,the National Basketball Association (NBA)started using basketballs made with synthetic ,or man-made ,material instead of leather .They made the change be- cause they wanted every basketball they use to feel and bounce the same.Not all leather balls are exactly alike in weight or how they bounce,but the synthetic balls are. However,some players complained right away that the new balls bounced differently and were actually harder to control than the leather ones. Physics helped answer questions about why the new balls felt different.For example,the scientists studied friction ,which in this case affects the ability of a player to hold onto a ball.\"The greater the friction,the better it will stick to his hand,\"explains a scientist. Tests on both wet and dry balls showed that while the synthetic ball was easier to hold onto when dry,it had less friction and became much harder to hold onto when wet.That's because _ stays on the surface of the synthetic balls but gets taken into the leather balls. The scientists also tested bounce and found that the logo printed on the new balls made their surface uneven and caused them to bounce a little strangely com- pared with the leather balls. In January,the NBA went back to using the leather balls.They aren't perfect,but for now,that's just the way the ball bounces. Question: Why were the synthetic balls expected to be used in NBA according to the text? - Because they are easier to control. - Because they waste less material. - Because they look exactly alike. - Because they feel and bounce alike.\nBecause they feel and bounce alike.\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run . One day , a thief got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted ,\"Hey ! Don't you know you can't get away from me ?\" But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. \" Why are you running so fast ?\" I asked , \" I want to catch a thief .\" said Mr. Brown \"But where is the thief ?\" I asked . \" Kilometers and kilometers behind .\" Said Mr. Brown proudly . \" He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong .\" Question: What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ? - He ran after him . - He was angry with him . - He caught him . - He stayed far behind him.\nA: He ran after him .\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: My sister has a nice room, There is a bed near (......) the desk. A bookcase is between (......) the bed and the desk. There is a jacket and a ring on the bed. A baseball is under the bed. There is a chair under the desk. There is a computer on the desk. Her hat and keys are under the chair. Her schoolbag is on the chair. Some books and CDs are in the bookcase. She has a photo on the wall. You can see some plants in the photo. Our family photo is on the wall , too. You can see my father, my mother, my sister and me in the photo. It is a nice photo. Question: Where are the books and CDs? - On the table. - On the desk. - In the bookcase. - In the desk.\nAnswer: In the bookcase.\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Here is a dog with a lantern in his mouth, he is looking for his master . Carlo, a lovely dog, had been taught to be useful. The roads, in the place where his master lived, were often so bad that it was not safe for any person to go out without a light on dark nights. So Carlo's master taught him to carry a lantern for him at night; and he did it as steadily as any boy could have done. Carlo never trotted too far before his master so that the bright light of the lantern might guide his master's steps. When he came to a deep rut or hole in the road, he would turn round to his master, seemed to say, /Take care, there is a hole here. \" The dog's master lived about a mile from the town; and when he could not get home before dark, Carlo used to be sent to him with the lantern. Carlo knew where to go. He also knew the road which his master would take. But Carlo didn't always find his master right away. When he reached the town, he would run off to a house where his master often was. Still holding his lantern, he would scratch at the street-door with his feet and bark ; as much as to say, 6/Here am I, Master, with the lantern, are you ready for home? \" Someone would perhaps come to the door and sa 6/Your master is not here. \" Carlo would growl , seemed to say, \"Then he is somewhere else, and I must find him. \" He would then run off to one house after another, until he found his master, then the two went home together. Question: The roads in the place where Carlo's master lived were _ . - bad - dark - dangerous for people to go out - full of deep ruts and holes\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: bad", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Article: Hello! I'm Lily. I'm going to have a busy weekend. On Saturday morning, I 'm going to the Beach Park with my friends. We are going to ride bikes there because we can do some sightseeing on the way. We are going to play on the beach. At noon, we are going to have a picnic in the park. In the afternoon, we are going to visit our maths teacher. She wants us to go to her room and help us with our maths. In the evening, I'm going to visit my aunt with my mother, because it's my cousin's birthday. There is going to be a party in her house. On Sunday morning, I'm going to the bookstore with my good friends. I'm going to buy some storybooks. After lunch, I'm going to do sports with my brother. In the evening, I'm going to watch TV and clean my room. How busy I am! ,,. Question: Why is Lily going to her aunt's house? Because _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"it's her cousin's birthday\"?\nA: Yes\n\n\nQ: Article: Each summer,you hear news that some sports players are sent to hospitals because it is too hot. Our bodies can't be outside in the sun for a long time. So in hot summers,be careful about playing sports outside. Firstly,to play sports safely in hot weather,you must drink water. Sports drinks are great for athletes,but they have so much sugar that they'll dehydrate you more. However,drinking a few bottles of sports drinks will be good for you. Secondly,be sure to take enough breaks to let your body rest. If your coach doesn't let you take enough breaks in the heat,don't wait until you feel uncomfortable. Just be honest with your coach when you need breaks. Thirdly,when you have a break,don't sit in the sun. With the sun beating down on you,you'll only heat up and sweat more. Take a seat under a tree,or even better,go indoors for a little while. Cooling yourself down can help you stay active longer. Fourthly,remember that the earlier in the day you start your exercise,the cooler it will be. If you can start practice before the sun comes up,you have a few good hours to practise in the cool hours of the morning. Also,the earlier you practise,the earlier you can finish the exercise. If you need more practice time,come back to the field later in the evening,when the sun is setting. Last but not least,you should watch what you eat. Eat food which is high in water,starch and carbonhydrate ,but be sure to get a good balance in your diet. As long as you pay attention to the above,playing sports safely in the heat isn't a difficult thing. Question: How many pieces of advice are mentioned in the passage? Yes or no, is the answer \"Five\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: This is the true story of a great woman. Her name was Helen Keller. She was born in 1880 in Alabama in the USA. When Helen was one year and a half, she got ill and then she became blind and deaf. Her parents tried to do their best for their daughter and they asked a young teacher called Anne Sullivan to their home to teach Helen. Anne herself was almost blind in her youth. Helen was a smart girl but she couldn't hear or talk. She was angry at this. So she was always crying and shouting. Then Anne often went for walks with Helen in the country near her home. After two weeks, Helen became quiet. Anne began to teach her how to spell and Helen learned to write. Boards with lines on them helped her to keep the words straight. Soon her talents were famous all over the world. There were her stories in newspapers and magazines. By the time she was 17, she was studying French, German, Latin, Physics and many other subjects. She was still blind and deaf. In 1902, she wrote a book The Story of my life. It became well-known all over the world. Question: Why was Helen always crying and shouting? Yes or no, is the answer \"Because she couldn't hear or talk.\"?\nA: No\n\n\nQ: Article: My sister has a nice room, There is a bed near (......) the desk. A bookcase is between (......) the bed and the desk. There is a jacket and a ring on the bed. A baseball is under the bed. There is a chair under the desk. There is a computer on the desk. Her hat and keys are under the chair. Her schoolbag is on the chair. Some books and CDs are in the bookcase. She has a photo on the wall. You can see some plants in the photo. Our family photo is on the wall , too. You can see my father, my mother, my sister and me in the photo. It is a nice photo. Question: The best title for this passage is _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"My sister's room\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: Yes", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the article and select the best answer. Article: You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their dialogue: \"I can't believe it -- Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.\" They leave and you go over to see this unbelievable sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish . They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes. Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it. Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation -- consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It's a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't believe in ads. So advertising agencies hire young actors to \"perform\" in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice misleading, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. \"Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing.\" It is true, because everyone knows an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. However, you don't know when a dialogue you overhear is just a performance. Question: Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? Options: A: Two Attractive Shoppers. B: Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters. C: Undercover Marketing. D: How to buy things.\nC\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: As a boy, Mark Twain caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play practical jokes on all his friends and neighbors. The nature of his jokes often led to violence . He hated to go to school and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He liked to sit on the bank of the river for hours at a time and just gaze at the mysterious island and the passing boats. He learned many things about the river during those days. He learned all about its history and unusual people. He later made them part of the history of America in the book Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain received his genius from his mother. Obviously he didn't get it from his father. He once stated that he had never seen a smile on his father's face. On the other hand, his mother had the ability to say humorous things. The same ability made Mark Twain an extremely humorous public speaker. Question: Because of the nature of his jokes when he was a child, Mark Twain would _ . Options: A: ran away form school B: cause his parents to quarrel with others C: get into trouble with his friends and neighbors D: like to sit on the bank of the Mississippi River\nC\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: As a foreigner,I don' t know the situation in the US well. Seeing all kinds of recent shooting incidents,I think it should be controlled more strictly than now. Somebody said that the person who has it in mind to kill another can do it without a gun,so the causes of murders are not guns but the trend of despising life in the US. And they also insist that there is no clear evidence that the increasing number of murders is connected with possession of guns,so the personal rights should not be restricted by the reason that there is not enough evidence. Several months ago,I agreed with that partly. But as we know,the private groups like NRA have used the public opinion and persuaded the government to protect their profit. Other weapons such as knives,razors ,bats are made for their own usage. But guns are made for only one reason--to kill someone. Of course,there are people who have guns to protect themselves from the criminals. But crime is getting more cruel and severe nowadays,so actually even if someone has a gun,it is impossible to guard himself completely. As a substitute ,I think,if the possession of guns is controlled more strictly,people can live safer lives than now. There are other reasons to oppose the gun control (e.g.the possession of guns is historical inheritance and represents that people's resistance will be against tyrannical government),but none of them can justify and explain today's serious situation in the US. Question: The writer's purpose is to give his opinion about _ . Options: A: personal possessions B: American culture C: personal rights D: gun control\nD\n------\nRead the article and select the best answer. Article: Many people say dolphins are very intelligent. They seem to be able think, understand, and learn things quickly. But they are smart like humans or more like cats or dogs? Dolphins use their brains differently from people. But scientists say dolphin intelligence and human intelligence are alike in some ways. How? FACT 1: Talk to Me Like humans, every dolphin has its own \"name\". The name is a special whistle . Each dolphin chooses a specific whistle for itself, usually by its first birthday. Actually, scientists think dolphins, like people, \"talk\" to each other about a lot of things, such as their age, their feelings, or finding food. And, like humans dolphins use a system of sounds and body language to communicate. But understanding their conversations is not easy for humans. No one \"speaks dolphin\" yet, but some scientists are trying to learn. FACT 2: Let's Play Dolphins are also social animals. They live in groups called pods, and they often join others from different pods to play games and have fun ---just like people. In fact, playing together is something only intelligent animals do. FACT 3: Fishermen's Helpers Dolphins and humans are similar in another way: both make plans to get something they want. In the sea of southern Brazil, for example, dolphins use a interesting strategy to get food. When fish are near a boat, dolphins signal to the fishermen to put their nets in the water. Using this method, the men can catch a lot of fish. What is the advantage for the dolphins? Why do they assist the men? The dolphins get to eat some of the fish. Question: The text is most probably taken from a_. Options: A: fiction story B: book review C: science magazine D: personal diary\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "C\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Information: - Borders are geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Some borderssuch as a state's internal administrative border, or inter-state borders within the Schengen Areaare often open and completely unguarded. Other borders are partially or fully controlled, and may be crossed legally only at designated border checkpoints and border zones may be controlled. Mostly contentious, borders may even foster the setting up of buffer zones. A difference has also been established in academic scholarship between border and frontier, the latter denoting a state of mind rather than state boundaries. - The English Channel (\"the Sleeve\" [hence ] \"Sea of Brittany\" \"British Sea\"), also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the southern part of the North Sea to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean. - The River Ayr (pronounced like \"air\", \"Uisge Àir\" in Gaelic) is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland. At it is the longest river in the county. - The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout association football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 187172 season, it is the oldest association football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). For sponsorship reasons, from 2015 through to 2018 it is also known as The Emirates FA Cup. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the FA Women's Cup. - Prestwick is a town in South Ayrshire on the south-west coast of Scotland, about south-west of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about south. It had a population of 14,901 at the 2011 census. - Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe, or, by Europeans, simply the Continent, is the continuous continent of Europe, excluding surrounding islands. - An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbanism, the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment. The creation of early predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning, which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources leads to human impact on the environment. - Aston is an area in Central Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Commencing immediately to the north-east of the city centre, Aston constitutes a ward within the unitary authority. - The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. An epeiric (or \"shelf\") sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than long and wide, with an area of around . - Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2011 of 3,063,456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous, with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon, its highest summit. The country lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. - The Football Association Women's Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup. - A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated people with distinct political characteristics. Regardless of the physical geography, in the modern internationally accepted legal definition as defined by the League of Nations in 1937 and reaffirmed by the United Nations in 1945, a resident of a country is subject to the independent exercise of legal jurisdiction. - London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom, as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union. Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. It was founded by the Romans, who named it \"Londinium\". London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its medieval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, \"London\" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which today largely makes up Greater London, governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. - Archibald `` Archie '' Hunter ( 23 September 1859 in Joppa , nr. Ayr , Scotland -- 29 November 1894 in Aston , Birmingham , England ) , was the first captain of Aston Villa to lift the FA Cup , in 1887 . He was one of Victorian football 's first household names . Hunter played at Third Lanark , Ayr Thistle , and Aston Villa , whom he signed for in August 1878 , just four years after their formation . His Aston Villa career began 10 years before the commencement of the first Football League season . In his league career ( 1888 -- 1891 ) he played 73 matches scoring 42 goals . Despite being one of the greats of the 19th century game , Hunter never fulfilled his dream of playing for Scotland against England . This is because at the time the Scottish Football Association had a policy of not picking ' Anglo - Scots ' ( i.e. Scots who played in the English League ) . Hunter originally came to Birmingham planning to sign for Calthorpe FC , but after failing to locate them was persuaded to sign for Villa instead after hearing of Aston Villa 's Scottish connections . Hunter later recalled in his memoirs ; `` Aston Villa to me as a club that had come rapidly to the fore and asked me to become a member of it . I hesitated for some time , but at last my friend told me that a `` brother Scot , '' Mr. George Ramsay , was the Villa captain and that decided me . Mr. Ramsay was a Glasgow man and had exerted himself very considerably to bring the Villa team into the front rank . '' -- Archie Hunter , Triumphs of the Football Field He was idolized by the crowds and became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup in Villa 's victorious 1887 campaign . `` Archie Hunter was a prince of dribblers . It was not an unusual performance of his to start at the half way mark , and dribble through the whole of the opposing team ! he would not lose the ball until he had literally dribbled it between the posts . '' -- Association Football And The Men Who Made It ( 1906 ) During a Football League match against Everton in 1890... - The Northern Isles is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and much influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 26 inhabited islands with landscapes of the fertile agricultural islands of Orkney contrasting with the more rugged Shetland islands to the north, where the economy is more dependent on fishing and the oil wealth of the surrounding seas. Both have a developing renewable energy industry. They also share a common Pictish and Norse history. Both island groups were absorbed into the Kingdom of Scotland in the 15th century and remained part of the country following the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, and later the United Kingdom after 1801. The islands played a significant naval role during the world wars of the 20th century. - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign country in western Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain (the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to its east, the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. With an area of , the UK is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe. It is also the 21st-most populous country, with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants. Together, this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union. - A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs. - England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain (which lies in the North Atlantic) in its centre and south; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly, and the Isle of Wight. - A metropolitan borough is a type of local government district in England, and is a subdivision of a metropolitan county. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts. However, all of them have been granted or regranted royal charters to give them borough status (as well as, in some cases, city status). Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of the metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act 1985. However, metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties, such as combined authorities. - Birmingham is a major city and metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It is the largest and most populous British city outside London, with a population in 2014 of 1,101,360. The city is in the West Midlands Built-up Area, the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2,440,986 at the 2011 census. Birmingham's metropolitan area is the second most populous in the UK with a population of 3.8 million. This also makes Birmingham the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Europe. - The Hebrides (Scottish Gaelic: \"Innse Gall\"; Old Norse: \"Suðreyjar\") comprise a widespread and diverse archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland. There are two main groups: the Inner and Outer Hebrides. These islands have a long history of occupation dating back to the Mesolithic, and the culture of the residents has been affected by the successive influences of Celtic, Norse, and English-speaking peoples. This diversity is reflected in the names given to the islands, which are derived from the languages that have been spoken there in historic and perhaps prehistoric times. - Ayrshire is a historic county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. It is also, under the name the County of Ayr, a registration county. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. Like the other counties of Scotland, it currently has no administrative function, instead being sub-divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. It has a population of approximately 366,800. - A \"metropolitan area\", sometimes referred to as a \"metro area\" or just \"metro\", is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships, boroughs, cities, towns, exurbs, suburbs, counties, districts, states, and even nations like the eurodistricts. As social, economic and political institutions have changed, metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions. Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas, as well as satellite cities, towns and intervening rural areas that are socio-economically tied to the urban core, typically measured by commuting patterns. - South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire Council is a Conservative controlled council. The administrative boundaries were formed in 1996 as a direct successor to the Kyle and Carrick district council area, with the district of Dalmellington - located along the south-east of Kyle and Carrick - being transferred over to the newly formed East Ayrshire Council area. South Ayrshire also forms part of the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. - Ayr (\"Mouth of the River Ayr\") is a large town and former Royal Burgh situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Council area and historical county town of Ayrshire. Ayr is currently the most populated settlement in Ayrshire and is the 12th most populous settlement in Scotland. Ayr adjoins the smaller town of Prestwick to the north, forming a single continuous urban area with the town. - Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal. - The Isles of Scilly (or \"\") are an archipelago off the south western tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. It is the southernmost location in England and the United Kingdom, as well as the most westerly in England. - The Celtic Sea (; ) is the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded to the east by Saint George's Channel; other limits include the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay, as well as adjacent portions of Wales, Cornwall, Devon, and Brittany. The southern and western boundaries are delimited by the continental shelf, which drops away sharply. The Isles of Scilly are an archipelago of small islands in the sea. - The Irish Sea (, , , Ulster-Scots: \"Airish Sea\"), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel. Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man. The sea is occasionally, but rarely, referred to as the Manx Sea. - Scotland (Scots: ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west. In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides. - The Football Association, also known simply as The FA, is the governing body of association football in England, and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory. - The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is located in the English Channel, about 4 miles (6 km) off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. - The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area. It separates the \"Old World\" from the \"New World\". - Great Britain, also known as Britain , is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European island and the ninth-largest in the world. In 2011 the island had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. 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[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: For a long time, people who fish have had to rely on luck to catch fish. Even big fishing ships, fitted out with radar and modern equipment, have their share of bad days. Wouldn't it be nice if fish could be trained to come at the call of a whistle the way some days are trained? Well, the days of \"fish whistle\" may be just _ . Japanese companies are working on methods that will train fish to return to harvest areas at the sound of an underwater whistle. The method works like this: First, fish eggs are hatched in a laboratory. Whenever feeding time arrives, a whistle sounds. The young fish learn to return to their feeding areas at the sound of the whistle. Later, the fish are set free at sea, near special-made under water \"barns\". There, the whistle-plus-feeding program continues. Being well fed and sheltered, the fish continue to live around the barn. So when fishing time arrives, all the harvesters need to do is to sound the whistle, drop their nets, and draw in a lot of fish. Many countries have closed their offshore fishing waters to ships from other countries. With fish whistle and barns, Japan hopes to become less dependent on importing fish from other countries. Question: From the passage we learn that _ . Answer:\nAnswer: many countries have taken measures to protect their fishing waters from foreign ships\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: In Shanxi Province you may be offered brains to eat. Frightened? You shouldn't, because the brains is only a kind of food, which is famous for its unusual name and rich nutrition . Brains as food was invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan, an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time. To help her become well again, he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat, vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines. Rice wine was also used in the soup to help treat illnesses caused by old age. After taking the soup his mother got better little by little and lived a long life. Fu's soup became the talk of the town. Many people came to see him. One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup. \"I'll tell you,\" Fu said. \"But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup, you must call it brains because of its shape and colour. And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother.\" Question: The best headline for this newspaper article is _ . Answer:\nAnswer: A Special Soup\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: New York State has passed the USA's first state law banning motorists talking on hand-held cell phones. The ban will begin November 1, although drivers caught using hand-held cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month. First-time violators will face a $100 fine. A second time call for a $200 fine and every violation after that will cost$500. At least a dozen localities have established bans, starting in 1999; and 40 states have had bans proposed but not passed.At least 23 countries, including the Great Britain, Italy, Israel and Japan, ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones. There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York State. \"To think that I'm not going to use cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop, I still can read a paper, I can still change my pants while driving 65 mph. I think there's just something wrong,\" an official said. Other critics noted that other things like eating, drinking coffee and applying make-up while driving posed at least as much of a concern. They suggested that the ban include a broader range of things. Question: This article is most probably taken from _ . Answer:\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "a newspaper article", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: North American black bears are shy animals. They are fearful by nature, and will usuallyrun away if they see or hear people. Because of this, it can be difficult for scientists to learnabout these animals. In order to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, USA, catch bears and usedrugs to help them go to sleep. Researchers then work out the size and the weight of the bear,take blood to test for diseases, _ a tooth and take it to the lab to find out its age. Fromthese studies, researchers want to find out how many bears live in New Jersey, how long theylive, and how many babies they produce. But in Minnesota, USA, researchers study bears that are completely awake. The bears knowthe researchers' voices and they are not afraid of die research team. With the help of a few grapes to keep the bears busy, researchers can touch them to check their hearts, look at their teeth, and do other jobs.Researchers can also walk or sit with bears for hours and make videos to learn about their everyday lives. In both places, the main purpose is the same--to make sure there is a healthy population of black bears. But theresearch methods and the kinds of information that researchers, are able to collect are quite different. Question: In the Minnesota studies, researchers _ . Options: A: can never get close to the bears B: study the bears while they are asleep C: use grapes to make the bears full D: learn a lot about the bears' everyday lives\nD\n\n(Question)\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: Miss Smith is only twenty. She is of medium build, and she has brown, curly hair. She likes children and her teaching work. From Monday to Friday she stays at school and teaches the children. She has a lot of work to do every day, but she often plays games with her students after school. The children like her a lot. On Sundays she usually drives her car to her parents' house and stays with her parents, but sometimes she goes to see her friends on Sunday. She drives back to school on Monday morning. She likes singing, dancing and swimming. She is a good teacher. Question: What's Miss Smith like? Options: A: She likes her students. B: She likes her teacher. C: She is not too tall. D: She isn't too heavy.\n(Answer)\nD\n\nQues: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: We can see waste everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don't agree with them. Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources , we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible. In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need and so on. Little by little, we will change everything. We can stop waste one day, if we do our best. Question: What may happen in 100 years? Options: A: We may still have enough oil. B: We may still have enough coal. C: We may have a little oil. D: We may have no coal or oil to use.\nAns: D\n\n(Q).\nI'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: A kind of little cars may take the place of today's big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer, too, since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city, but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline . If big cars are still used with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones. ,. Question: Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _ . Options: A: there will be too many cars in the future B: more and more people will go to cities C: big cars run faster and little cars run slower D: it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads\n(A).\nC\n\nQuestion: I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: What can you do on the Internet? Many of us like to read the news, buy things and play games. Some students now have a new use for the Internet - helping them with their homework. Tina, 14, from Shenzhen, Guangdong, often searches online for the answers to her math problems. She said sometimes she and even her parents don't know the answers to the problems, so she has to turn to the Internet. \"I can see how other people work out these problems and learn from them,\" Tina said. \"It's easy and saves time.\" But not all the students welcome this. Leo, 15, from Hangzhou, Zhejiang, thinks it may make students stop thinking. \"We should think over the problems first. Simply copying the answers won't improve our abilities. \" he said. In the eyes of Wang Zhaoming, a Shanghai teacher, the success of all this is down to the students. If they use the Internet properly , it could be a good tool for study, Wang said. \"Students should first think about the problems by themselves. As for the online answers, they should choose the best among different ones. The most important thing is to know the logic behind the answers,\" he said. \"Don't be shy to ask teachers and classmates the next day if you don't understand the answer.\" Question: The best title of this passage is _ . Options: A: How to use the Internet B: Think before you search online C: Is Internet bad or good for students D: Computers or teachers\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: So much fun. It's not easy to spot but that's all part of the charm. Lost Leaf is a perfect place to stop for a beer (nice selection of bottled, canned and drafts) and live music every night! Be prepared to get cozy with the people around you, especially on busy nights. It's a small space but intimate and always fun. They have a nice patio out back as well if you want to get some fresh air or smoke. There are also some tables, chairs, and a nice padded bench to hang out in the bar area.\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: No trip to Madison is complete without a visit to the Memorial union. When I was attending school here, we would often go down and listen to the bands (some of which were well known touring bands) and have a beer on the classic patio. The view of the water, and the people watching here is perfect. Now, this said, there is more to the union than the patio (or the silly sorority and frat kids). Oh, hey, when it is nice out they get the grills going and you can buy brats too. Der Rathskeller is a great place to hang out - especially the side rooms with the cool murals on the walls. Sure the food is student centered and meal plan approved (I think) but it gets better every year - so while there is junk food, there is better stuff as well. The Paul Bunyon room is a personal favorite, and is one of the spaces that is being restored. There is in fact a whole plan to restore the union's many rooms. Sadly parts of Der Stiftskeller's murals will be moved (whatever that means). Some of the plans will make parts of the union look like an airport terminal or corporate lobby. But most of what they plan to do looks pretty cool. At least they still have German meatballs and currywurst. Where else in the USA can you get currywurst. I read also that this was the first student union to allow beer! Way to go Wisconsin.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Ok, kind of bland. Maybe everyone is too new yet. Don't think we will be returning.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: I have been going to Ken's for a year now & they are usually really great. The last time I was there was a couple weeks ago & they had added this new nail bar. It was awful! The chairs are way too tall the workers seem miscible due to the lack of back support I am assuming. It was really disappointing because it is usual so lovely. I would suggest looking for a different place in the area due to recent changes.\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: This place is really good remind me home. The owner is very professional . Had a croque monsieur, quiche and a crepe every thing was good .Will go back to try the breakfast\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Lunch here was a steal. So worth the 15 minute drive down I-15 (forget Las Vegas Blvd). At $15, with beer and wine included, the selection and quality here is definitely way higher than the buffets at higher end hotels. A few things: if you're looking for sushi - don't come here for lunch. It looked like they were prepping fish for the evening as we were finishing lunch - but that never made it to the line. Their prepared salads here are quite good and their breads (which is really surprising). Dessert selections were abundant - made to order crepes were a little lacklustre though. Overall - good deal, good food, definitely coming back.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Information: - Vishnyeva (Višnieva \"Vishnevo\"; \"Vishneva\") is an agrotown in Valozhyn Raion, Minsk Region, Belarus, near the border with Lithuania. - Russia (from the Rus'), also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in Eurasia. At , Russia is the largest country in the world by surface area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016. The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern, about 77% of the population live in European Russia. Russia's capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world, other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara. - Ukraine (tr. ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. Ukraine is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world. It has a population of about 44.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. - The Polish Brethren (Polish: \"Bracia Polscy\") were members of the Minor Reformed Church of Poland, a Nontrinitarian Protestant church that existed in Poland from 1565 to 1658. By those on the outside, they were called \"Arians\" or \"Socinians\" (\")\", but themselves preferred simply to be called \"Brethren\" or \"Christians,\" and, after their expulsion from Poland, \"Unitarians\". - Symon Budny ( Belarusian : , Polish : Szymon Budny , Russian : ) ( c.1530 , Budne -- 13 January 1593 , Vishnyeva ) was a Polish and Belarusian humanist , educator , Hebraist , Bible translator , Church reformator , philosopher , sociologist and historian , active in the territory of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth . He was one of the first to promote the development of Belarusian culture in the Belarusian language . He was one of the leaders of the Polish Brethren . - A Hebraist is a specialist in Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when Hebrew was little understood outside practicing Jewish communities. - Belarusian (\"\" ) is an official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is spoken abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland. Before Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the language was known in English as \"Byelorussian\" or \"Belorussian\", transliterating the Russian name, , or alternatively as \"White Ruthenian\" or \"White Russian\" (with the meaning \"Rus\"' but not \"Russia\"). Following independence, it also became known as \"Belarusian\". - Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe, situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges (the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains) in the south. Bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine and Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea, Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) and Lithuania to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. With a population of over 38.5 million people, Poland is the 34th most populous country in the world, the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union. Poland is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, and its capital and largest city is Warsaw. Other metropolises include Kraków, Wrocaw, Pozna, Gdask and Szczecin. - Belarus ( lat. ', ), officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia (though this name is no longer used in Belarus itself, even in Russian language), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its is forested. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk (11th to 14th centuries), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. - The Bible (from Koine Greek , \"tà biblía\", \"the books\") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans. - A Christian (or ) is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. \"Christian\" derives from the Koine Greek word \"Christós\" (), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term \"mashiach\". - Lithuania (UK and US: ), officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in Northern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. Given the information, choose the subject and object entities that have the relation of 'native language'.\nAnswer: symon budny , ruthenian\n\nQuestion: Information: - Philip Reeve Heatley ( born 5 April 1967 ) is a New Zealand politician . He is a member of the National Party . From 2008 until January 2013 , he was a member of cabinet , holding the portfolios of Fisheries , Fisheries and Aquaculture , Energy and Resources , and Housing , before being replaced in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister John Key . Heatley retired from Parliament in 2014 . - The Prime Minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand. The current prime minister is Bill English of the National Party, who took office on 12 December 2016. - The New Zealand National Party (Mori: \"Rp Nhinara\") is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties in 21st-century New Zealand politics, alongside its historic rival, the New Zealand Labour Party. - John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the New Zealand National Party. He was elected leader of the party in November 2006 and appointed Prime Minister in November 2008, resigning from both posts in December 2016. Given the information, choose the subject and object entities that have the relation of 'member of political party'.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "phil heatley , new zealand national party", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Teachers Wanted Do you like kids? We need a teacher for our son. He's six years old. We want you to work from March to November, 3 pm. to 6 pm., but you don't need to work in July and August. You can get Y= 30 an hour . Sometimes we want you to work on weekends, and you can get Y=45 an hour. You need to: *Help our son with Chinese. *Read to him. *Play with him. *Go to movies with him. You need to work at my home. We live in Taipei Road, next to the Zhongshan Bus Station . Please call (02)2956-4938. Ask Miss Liu. On Monday the teacher _ . A) can't work B) works three hours C) can have Y= 135 D) comes in the morning\nB\n\n\nIt keeps your insides from falling out. It helps you warm up when you are cold, and it can cool you off when you are hot. It lets you feel things by touch. What is this? Your skin , of course! What does you skin ask for return for all the wonderful things it does? Just a little care! So let's learn how to take care of our skin. Like the heart and stomach, your skin is an organ .In fact, it is the largest organ in your body.Unless there's a problem, you may not think about your skin very much.But skin has an important job to do. Your skin is protecting you.Your skin keeps you from getting sick.When you take care of your skin, you are helping your skin do its job.Taking care of your skin today will help you have no problems in the future. Clean skin is happy skin! One simple way to take care of your skin is to keep it clean.Keeping your hands clean is very important.When washing your hands, use warm water.Wet your hands, and then use soap.You should wash your hands carefully everywhere. You'll also want to use warm water, but not too hot, when you take a bath.Use soap to clean your body.Don't forget under your arms and behind your ears! Your face needs attention, too.It's a good idea to wash your face once or twice a day with warm water. Why does the writer think we should try to take care of our skin today? A) To help us warm up when we are cold. B) In order to keep our insides from falling out. C) In order to help us have no problems in the future. D) To let us feel things by touch.\nC\n\n\nQ: Peter: Paul, what are you going to do this afternoon? Paul: I plan to climb a hill. Would you like to go with me? Peter: Thank you. But I don't want to be tired. I want to sleep at home. Have a good time! Paul: I'm sure I will. But now I don't know what to wear. Peter: What about your new trousers? Paul:My new trousers are made of wool. I don't think they can make me comfortable. Peter: You're right. Wool clothes are not fit for a trip. How about your blue jeans? What are they made of? Paul: Cotton. They are good for trips. And shall I wear my leather shoes? Peter: No. They will make your feet hot. You know, it is hot these days. And they are also too heavy for a trip. Try your trainers. Paul: OK. And trainers go well with my jeans. Peter: And why not wear your cap? It looks cool on you. Paul: Thank you. I will wear it. Peter thinks leather shoes are too _ for a trip. A) big B) cold C) heavy D) new\nA: C\n\n\nQuestion: M: Hi, Ann! Tomorrow will be August 1st. When is your holiday going to start? W: Very soon. I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow. M: How long are you going to be away? W: About two weeks. M: Where are you going? W: I'm going to the beach this time. M: Are you going to stay alone? W: No. I will stay in a hotel with my friends. M: Oh, good. It's hard to find a place to stay at the beach in August. W: That's right. And in a few days, I will swim every day, play beach ball, lie in the sun and just take it easy. M: Don't tell me about that. It sounds so great! W: What about you, John? Where are you going to spend your holiday? M: I don't know. I should think about it. How long will she be away? A) 3 weeks. B) About 2 weeks. C) About 1 week. D) 10 days.\nAnswer: B\n\n\n*Question*\nAlice, 35 years old I like shopping, but shopping with young children is not a good thing. I have to look after them while I'm shopping. I go shopping with my husband only when I want to buy something for him. When I look at a cheap dress, he always says, \"It's nice on you.\" But when I have an expensive one in my hands, he always says, \"I don't think it fits you well.\" So I often go shopping with my friends. It's fun. Maria, 26 years old I like shopping very much, but I never go shopping on weekends. There are too many people in shops. I don't like shopping with other people. It usually takes me much time to buy things because I never buy the first thing I see. I always look around other shops to find the same thing cheaper. I'm good at finding cheap things. I don't like buying food in small shops or street markets. I think food in the supermarkets is fresh and cheap. Alice's husband says, \"I don't think it fits you well.\" It really means \" _ \". A) it's too small B) it's too big C) it's not beautiful D) it's too expensive\n**Answer**\nD\n\n\n(Q).\nPenguins live together, but each pair has a little piece of ground of their own. When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor's ground, it must ask for permission . If it does not, it will have to fight. Penguins come and go all day. They fight for fish and look after their children. All penguins are good parents--the male penguins are perhaps the best parents in the world. They choose their wives in the dark They can only hear them--not see them. Then the female penguins lay their eggs and go away for about two months. The males look after the eggs. If the eggs get cold, there will be no chicks. There is no food. The snow falls and the wind blows--sometimes at 150 kilometers an hour. The penguins do not move. When the females return from the sea, they will not remember their husbands. It doesn't matter. Only one thing-- their eggs. Male penguins never fight--unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute. Then they fight because they all want it. They are strange and wonderful birds. It seems interesting and unusual that the male penguins choose their wives _ . A) when the female penguins return from the sea B) just by hearing in the darkness C) each time they see their lovely females D) after they have had their own grounds\n(A).\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: I recently accompanied my friend several times to the Fred Meyers Jewelry store located in Fry's Marketplace. Her and her fiancee previously purchased their wedding bands from them and she wanted to get them engaged with their wedding date as a surprise to him. When we dropped them off she asked would their be a problem with them being engraved and she was informed no their wouldn't be. We looked around the store some more and discussed making another purchase. My initial thought after this visit was that it was a very casual and a little unprofessional for my liking in a jewelry store. The following week we returned to pick up the bands. The engraving on her 14K gold band was clear and done well. Her fiancee's band however appeared to be barely legible. She asked why that is and she was informed that the person the bands were sent to outsourced to someone else because of the titanium material made him nervous. She asked why no one called her and informed her it would be a problem or told her initially. The saleswoman then became confused and said she could ask if they could engrave it again. My friend pointed out to her that she just said because of the material it was already difficult to engrave. She said she would ask if it could be done again. The manager then took notice of the disagreement and he came over. He mentioned with his loop he could see the engraving. He then discussed with the jeweler and confirmed it couldn't be done. My friend asked if his staff is aware of that? He said yes and she informed him that that wasn't the case and that she is dissatisfied with her experience. Here is where things took a turn. The manager got defensive and then asked my friend why she didn't ask. This is when I interjected that he was out of line and she isn't the expert his staff is suppose to be. I also pointed out that an engraving shouldn't take a loop like he pointed out to see. It defeats the entire reason for having an engraving. If no one was able to read it what was the point? And his not communicating has unnecessarily devalued the ring. It was her decision to make not their's! His blaming the customer approach is horrendous service and why I will never make a purchase there. He then informed my friend that he would only charge her for one engraving. We immediately left. The thing that bothers me beyond the lack of his staff being informed or that he took no accountability is that it was their wedding bands. They have blemished their experience unnecessarily with this horrific service. If you have an option I encourage you to seek out another jewelry store.\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: Heres a geography lesson for the management at Gypsy Bar. Sam Adams is brewed in Massachusets, Kilt Lifter is brewed in Arizona, this means that these beers are in fact DOMESTIC.(refer to dictionary for definition of domestic) So if you advertise a happy hour price for domestic drafts I have a problem with you charging me the price for an import draft. ESPECIALLY when you disclose that your ringing up my domestically brewed draft as an \"import\" after ive already ordered four of them. Yes, this happened. I chose not to make issue of it because it was only a $1 difference but i was turned off by this. If your running a business you need to be clear about what your charging people. Gypsie bar has an arcade, a very small arcade. I did not find any games i was compelled to play. As far as the mixed drinks go, they are basic and the pricing is not competitive with other places in the area that actually offer craft drinks at the same price. with all the options downtown i dont really see a reason to re visit this place. It seems like a corporate idea to expand lucky strickes revenue rather than an attempt to add a quality offereing to the area.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: The sushi was just okay. I couldn't get past how filthy the place was. We sat at the bar, and it was such a mess. Not sure how they pass health code.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a positive review for a place\nOutput: This place gets it.. Good pizza, good service(this location). They even have the black-and-white cookies for dessert. If they only had a good NYC cheesecake like JR. But I have to say this place is one of the best in Vegas. Try one of their sandwiches. Forgetaboutit\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: This review is a long time comin'. Stephano's is the official Endorsed Hookah Lounge of Matt C. Let me break it down for ya: Hookah --- Stephano's does a good hookah. Period. It's priced fairly, and usually lasts 2+ hours. Hookahmaster General Nick (a title I just invented) is an avid smoker, and takes pride in his work. He's often working on new tweaks for better smoking, and can wax poetic on things like shisha quality, etc. But, what initial got me coming back to Stephano's was the smoking quality/time/money ratio. Paymons' can make a good hookah too, but they never last over an hour. For the same money, you can smoke for hours at Stephano's, plus the refills are cheaper. Food --- I like it, and most people I bring enjoy it also. It's not super-cheap, but I never feel like I've overpaid either. My personal favorites are the gyro pizza and the gyro bowl. It's not on the menu, but they also serve edamame, which is the perfect hookah nosh. Their beer menu is also pretty strong, and well priced. Ambiance --- This is something else I really like about Stephano's - it's casual atmosphere. It's a relaxed environment, and I don't feel conspicuous if I'm sitting there alone. They have regular height tables up front, which are great if you wanna work on something while you're smoking, and a banquette'd lounge-area in the back (great for dates). Plus, even when they dim the lights in the evenings, it's still usually bright enough to read - not the case at Paymon's. If you're looking for a dark, super-romantic place though, it might not be the first choice. I will say that my FLF prefers the environ of Stephano's over all the other like establishments I've taken her. Service --- Food wise, it's served at a counter, kinda fast-food-style. But if you're smoking, you get waiter service along with it. There's usually only one person doing all the serving/hookah-tending, so it occasionally gets slow, but It's a family business, so you get the plus'es and minuses of that. Nick especially is good about keeping coals tended properly. Owing to the family business thing, I was able to get the aforementioned edamame on the menu quite easily. I don't know about you, but I really like a place that caters to its customers. Conclusion --- I like it here, a lot. The 5 is comparative to local competition. I don't like giving 5's, and Stephano's isn't perfect, but it's the best I've found in Las Vegas. There you have it. PRO-TIP: Edamame + hookah = win PRO-TIP: Hookah service starts at 5.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Mediocre Mexican food. The only thing that I really enjoy here are the sopapias hot and fresh with a little bit of honey. Other than that the food is just your typical concoction of rice,beans,guacamole, tortilla (corn and flour) and some form of meat. This place is located inside the Palms Hotel and Casino which makes it trendy and jacks up the prices significantly.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Before attending a history lesson, review the materials you already have. These may include a syllabus, which will provide you with information on the day’s topic, notes from the previous lesson, and any reading assignments. Doing this work ahead of time will prepare you to focus on the new lecture material. Even if you have already done the reading assignment, it can help to review your notes on it right before class so that it is fresh in your mind. Come prepared with questions based on your review. If the lecture does not answer these for you, make sure you follow up with your instructor to get clarification. Whether you are reading a text or listening to a lecture, you should write notes by hand. Write down main points as well as any names, dates and key events as they come up. Make sure you define them and note their importance. If you find that you are missing something, don’t get hung up on every little detail. Move on and note where you need to go back to fill in the additional information later. Write legibly in pencil or with blue and black ink. Record lectures to return to later if this is an option. This is a method sometimes referred to as “chunking” because you basically break a text into smaller chunks that are easier to tackle than the text as a whole. Focus on the introduction and conclusion portions of the reading assignment first. These will help you learn what the main point or argument of the text is and will often summarize all the supporting points as well. Once you’ve identified the main argument and have a sense of what the smaller, supporting points will be, you can go through each paragraph to circle key names, dates, places, etc. Summarize the main point of each supporting paragraph in a few words and link these summaries to the overall point of the text.\nSummary: Review before a new lesson. Take hand-written, legible notes. Break up your assigned reading.\n\nIn one sentence, describe what the following article is about: For the following steps in this method, we'll be trying to memorize these states and their capitals: For rote memorization, we simply repeat and repeat what we need to memorize until it's committed to memory. This repetition makes your brain form new connections and patterns to help you produce what you're memorized - as neurologists say, \"neurons that fire together wire together\". Memorizing through repetition encourages your brain to form the necessary connections to say or do what you've memorized. Rote memorization is very good for manual tasks and short lists of items like a shopping list, starting a car, or ironing a shirt. Rote memorization is not very good for memorizing a large number of separate items or single complex ideas like the elements of the periodic table from left to right, the idea of dialectical materialism, or the components of a car engine. Make sure your list is complete and in the sequence that you need it. For these states, that's simply reading off your table, over and over again, the names of the states. Try covering part or all of your list with a piece of paper and reciting what you've just covered over. Scroll down so that the previous table is covered - can you remember what goes in the last two blanks. At first you'll get a lot wrong - don't get frustrated! This is just your brain getting used to the work. Keep at it, and within a few minutes, you'll be able to remember everything you've memorized.\nSummary: Imagine you're memorizing a few states and their capitals from west to east. Know that rote memorization is better for some types of memory than other types. Make a list of what you need to memorize. Practice reading what you've memorized. Practice producing what you've memorized without looking at your list.\n\nIn one sentence, describe what the following article is about: . Seen the movie? Well, just like Haley Joel Osment, you can help others by \"paying it forward.\" Simply do something nice for 3 people (or, preferably, more and with no limit) without being asked, and in return, tell them to do the same to 3 more people. And so on and so on. Imagine if everyone followed through with this and what kind of world it would be! Imagine a society where every single person did not look to harm another individual. You wouldn't have to lock your doors at night and self-defense would be a thing of the past. You may think one person cannot make a difference. The whole world is just seven billion individuals. Just think, you may inspire someone to be like you and start a chain reaction! ! Many believe that laughter is the best medicine you can have. Not only that, but people who are happy are often more healthy and are lots more fun to be around! Sharing a smile and a laugh with someone is easy, completely free, and may just make someone's day! When your happiness is contributing to the happiness and well-being of other people and the planet, that's called sustainable happiness!\nSummary:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Pay it forward Don’t intentionally hurt others. Laugh and smile", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Everybody has a home. People have homes. Animals have homes. People live in many different kinds of houses. Animals have different kinds of homes, too. Some animals live in holes under the ground . The woodchuck lives under the ground .His home has two doors. If any animal comes into one door, the woodchuck goes out through the other. Some animals live in holes in trees. Some squirrels build nests high in trees. Most of the birds live in nests in trees. But hawks build their nests high in the mountains . Options: A One B Two C Three D None Answer: B Two Question:\nAnswer: How many doors are there in the woodchuck's house?\n[Q]: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: This is a heart-warming story. It tells about a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary . All day she felt nervous. Late in the afternoon she summoned the courage to approach her boss. To her delight, the boss agreed to a raise. She was so delighted. The woman arrived home happily that evening. To her surprise, she found a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive meal. She wondered if someone from the office had told him about it, or... did he just got the news by accident. She found him in the kitchen and told him the good news. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully card with some words. It read, \"Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you.\" Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to clean up. She noticed that a second card had fallen from his pocket. She picked it up from the floor, she read, \"Don't worry about not getting the raise! You are the best anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you.\" According to the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, \"What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.\" ,,. (1,5) Options: A The husband knew his wife couldn't get the raise. B The husband didn't believe his wife. C The husband loved his wife no matter what happened. D The husband believed his wife could get the raise. Answer: C The husband loved his wife no matter what happened. Question:\n****\n[A]: What can we learn from the second card?\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881.His father was a painter and art teacher who gave his son the first lesson in drawing.He won a prize--\"Science and Charity\" for his first important painting when he was only fifteen.He studied in several cities in Spain.But there was no one to teach him all that he wanted to know.When he was nineteen,he visited Paris. Paris was then the center of the world for artists.Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there.When he was twenty-three,Picasso moved there to live and lived in France for the rest of his life. When he was over ninety,this great painter still lived his life like a young man.He was still looking for new ideas and new ways to use his artistic materials. When he died in 1973,he was ninety-one years old. ,. Options: A Twenty-three and ninety. B Twenty-three and ninety-one. C Nineteen and ninety-one. D Nineteen and ninety. Answer: B Twenty-three and ninety-one. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput: How old was he when he moved to Paris and how old was he when he died?\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Carol and Susan are very good friends. They are in the same class at school and they often go to each other's home on Sunday. Now they are both eight yeas old. Carol's mother has got a new baby. Carol is very glad to have a little sister, so she is always talking about her to Susan. At first Susan is very interested in the new baby because she does not have any brothers or sisters. But after some time she begins to get tired of Carol's keeping on talking about it. She also feels a little jealous of her friend. One morning when the two girls meet at the school gate, Carol says to Susan cheerfully , \"Do you know, Susan, my baby sister has put on about half a pound in weight this week?\" \"That is not very much,\" answers Carol. \"I know a baby that puts on ten pounds a day.\" \"Oh, that can't be true!\" answers Carol. \"Whose baby is it?\" \"An elephant's,\" says Susan. Options: A sorry B cheerful C happy D not happy Answer: D not happy Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: Susan is _ to hear Carol talk about the baby's weight one morning.\ninput: Please answer the following: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: I noticed that the little boy was paying mostly with change . It seemed that he had broken his pig bank to do this shopping. However, the cashier told him he was $ 8.00 short after counting his money. It was clear that the boy had already used all the money. The lady in front of me said, \"Well, I could pay half of that.\" I told the boy that I could pay the other half. We searched our handbags. However, both of us only had ten-dollar bills . Other customers behind began searching their pockets to find some change. It was amazing and moving that all these strangers seemed to have the same idea. All of us wanted to help the boy. Within minutes the cashier said, \"I have too much money.\" The cashier didn't need our ten-dollar bills. Then the lady in front of me said, \"Wait! I didn't get a chance to give anything!\" I smiled at her and said, \"You did your share, because it was your idea and you started all this.\" The little boy smiled and thanked us. I was left with a good feeling. I saw the love and goodness of others all around me. The woman in front of me smiled and said, \"It feels good to give, doesn't it?\" I smiled back and said, \"Yes!\" ,. Options: A $ 8.00. B Ten dollars. C All his money. D All his money and another $ 8.00. Answer: D All his money and another $ 8.00. Question:\n++++++++++\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "How much were the clothes that the boy wanted to buy?", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a positive (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: This place is FANTASTIC! Great staff, great oversized rooms and very very clean. Bathrooms are modern and clean, not to mention the floor to ceiling 10 foot windows! Which overlook chase field. When in Phoenix The Westin is a no brainer. Pass go and collect your 200 dollars\n\n\nQ: negative\n\nA: \"God is in the details\". This applies to customer service as well especially when the customer is paying for the service. I had gone here to fit new pedals to my bike. I was particular in getting ones with reflectors on them. They cost me around $28. I fix up an appointment with them, give the bike on the agreed upon date and look to collect it at 6:00pm the same day as specified by the \"bike specialists\" in charge. When I return to collect it, I see my bike untouched. Seeing me the guy there gets to work on it. I understand these guys have a busy day and ask them if it would take long. Am told it will take 20 minutes. I tell them that I can come back in an hour's time and they are perfectly fine with it. I come back, the bike's in the same state. Even as a novice on bike repairs, I know that these guys are taking more time than required. The guy sees me, tries a wrench on the pedals and then complains that they are not coming out. A lubricant would need to be tried on it. I am irritated, and ask him if he would call me to let me know when the bike's done. He confirms, he will. I wait till the evening of the next day for a call. No sign of it. I finally give them a call, and they say the bike's ready. So I go to pick it up once again. The bike is ready. I check it out of the place and take it for a ride and the reflector on the pedal simply falls out. I take it back to them and the answer I get is \"it is designed that way\". Really? Designed to fall out? Was I told of this when I had chosen the pedals? Whatever level of expertise you may have in an area, your quality of service can be judged only from what you deliver to the customer. These guys first delay something that is downright simple, talk condescendingly and then don't give the required information to the customer. I wouldn't want to shop with these guys even if I get to know more about bikes some day. In retrospection, I know I could have done a lot of things differently like giving them a call before visiting the place...but that still is not an excuse to how these guys worked. Simply unprofessional is the word\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: We stopped by on a lazy Saturday afternoon to have drinks on the patio, happy to see they had an afternoon happy hour. After not being acknowledged for 10 minutes or so we decided to grab our own menus. When a waitress finally came by we placed our drink order and she said she would \"be right back\" for our food order. We waited another 15 minutes with not a sign of life coming back out to the patio. It was not busy at all and there is no reason it should take that long to pop open 3 beer bottles. It may have taken more than 15 minutes to do so, by that time we counted our losses and walked out.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: Not worth the price in my opinion. The food was mediocre, portions were sparse, service was practically nonexistent on a slow day (i.e. no excuse for being ignored). I work in Uptown and love smell coming from Rooster's. I decided to try it out and I was not at all impressed. I might be prompted to try it again... Hopefully I'll be inclined to change this review on a better day.\n\n\ninput: Write a positive yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: This place is the BOMB.COM! Go there you will not be disappointed! The straight up cheese enchiladas takes you to the streets of Chile! Soooo good!\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Non veg starters were good....... but Unbalanced spices.. fish curry tasteless... Chicken biryani salt less of course spice less.... lemon shots too sweet... overall i had very tasteless lunch...", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Please answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood near a river. Suddenly his old axe fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy came out and asked the man what the was matter. \"I have lost my axe.\" he said, \"It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.\" The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, \"Is that yours?\" \"No.\" said the man. The fairy then showed him a silver axe and asked again, \"Is this yours?\" \"No.\" again answered the man. Then she showed him the old axe. \"Yes, that is mine.\" called out the happy man. \"I know it well enough.\" said the fairy, \"I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one.\" ,. Options: A didn't like them. B knew these axes were not his . C didn't know they are dear D was very rich . Answer: B knew these axes were not his . Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: The beautiful fairy gave the poor man a gold axe and a silver axe, but he didn't take them. Because he _ .\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: My grandfather is eighty years old now. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better. Families aren't families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If husband and wife have problems with their _ , they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any more. Everyone is busy working. Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now the family don't eat home-cooked food any more. And the cars! No one walks any more. More and more people drive. Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter. But nowadays students don't. And in school, children don't have to think any more.. In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in their heads. Instead, they use calculators. And people today have TV and computers, and they don't talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think. Life used to be simple, but it isn't any more. Options: A Children don't have to think any more in school. B Students use calculators in math class. C Some used to walk to school, but now they don't. D All of above. Answer: D All of above. Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer: What has happened these years according to the passage?\n\n\nPlease answer this: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Dear Fang, How are you these days? I have been in England for two months. It's not a long time for a newcomer, and there are still a lot of things to do. Sorry for not being able to write to you soon. London is an old but beautiful city. There are lots of places of interest to visit. Last weekend I went along Thames River with some friends from Japan, Korea and some other countries. The modern skyscrapers among the old buildings impressed(...) us deeply. The classes started two weeks after I arrived here alone. Besides the language, I'm trying to learn about the culture as well. British people are quite different from the Chinese. Do you know the people here do not shake hands as much as we do in China? And it's never a good habit to make noise when you eat. They think it's impolite. There is so much to say, but I have to stop. I will write to you soon again. Love, Harry Options: A with Fang B with his friends C with his parents D alone Answer: D alone Question:\n++++++++\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Two months ago Harry came to London _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: \"If I had one million yuan, I would buy you a palace! Do I have one million yuan? No, I don't! so I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes! \" Today, SMS--Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second, there are 410 messages being sent. Look around you! People are watching their mobiles, smiling or laughing. Thumbs are pressing buttons, bring happiness to their friends. The humor of the words shows how beautiful language is! Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express love and friendship. \"Thumb Culture\" is becoming more and more popular. It is reported that 67% of young people like to \"Short\" to greet each other. Internet SMS will provide more convenience to people. I am grateful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the tip of thumb, so much joy can be found! Question: The people are smiling and laughing when sending messages because they _ . Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- save much money.\n- know the weather report.\n- enjoy the happiness of SMS.\n- have one million yuan.\n\nAnswer: enjoy the happiness of SMS.\n\n\nProblem: OPTIONS:\n- The H7N9 virus has not evolved to be extensively drug resistant.\n- Hong Kong has reported 14 human H7N9 cases since December 18.\n- Two human H7N9 cases have been found in Jiangsu on January 31.\n- there have been a few cases in which one person transmits the flu to another.\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: NANJING -- Another human H7N9 case has been found in east China's Jiangsu Province, the provincial health department confirmed on January 31. The patient, a 75-year-old woman from the provincial capital of Nanjing, is in a critical condition. The case brings the number of infections in the province to eight this year. H7N9 has killed 19 in China this year, and the total number of human infections reached 96 on January 26, according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. With bird flu cases increasing on a daily basis, public concern over people-to-people transmission during Spring Festival is growing. Li Lanjuan, researcher at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a specialist in H7N9 prevention, said so far there have not been any cases in which one person transmits the flu to another, and the latter transmits the virus to a third person. Her team has identified H7N9 virus mutations this year, but the _ are not large-scale. \"Inter-human transmission is very unlikely,\" said Li, who added that the virus has not evolved to be extensively drug resistant. The National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Wednesday live poultry markets should close if any case of H7N9 avian flu is detected. The southern metropolis of Shenzhen has closed all live poultry markets until February 13 for a thorough cleaning. The city near Hong Kong has reported 14 human H7N9 cases since December 18. Live poultry trading has been halted in Hangzhou, Ningbo and Jinhua cities in Zhejiang, which reported the largest number of human H7N9 cases. China has stepped up research for an H7N9 vaccine in the face of the increasing threat from the virus. Beijing's Snovac Hotech Ltd.,which developed the A/H1N1 and H5N1 vaccines, said in a press release on Wednesday that it has completed preclinical studies of an H7N9 vaccine arid prepared several types for clinical testing. The company has submitted an application to the China Food and Drug Administration to start clinical trials. Question: What can we learn from the news report? Answer:\nAnswer: The H7N9 virus has not evolved to be extensively drug resistant.\n\n\nProblem:OPTIONS:\n- Fruit salad.\n- Egg sandwiches.\n- Yogurt.\n- Bean salad.\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: The meal you eat after exercising matters! No matter what time of day you exercise, the key is to follow the exercise up with meals that supply enough nutrition . For the best results, eat within 30 to 60 minutes after exercising, when the muscles are at the best time to take in nutrients. Here are some ideas for meals after exercising. Home-made sports-recovery drink Mix banana, milk, and yogurt to make a fresh and satisfying sports-recovery drink. Dairy products like milk and yogurt work double duty, providing both protein and carbohydrates . A cup of coffee, on the other hand, is a poor choice. Protein-packed sandwich You can't go wrong with a sandwich after exercising --it's got everything in a hand-held package. Sandwiches provide the salt you need to replace what you lost by sweating , while the tomatoes in them supply plenty of Vitamin C. Try using whole-wheat bread to give yourself more fiber. The cheese and fresh vegetables in sandwiches are also great for helping tired muscles recover. Power breakfast An egg sandwich is a perfect post-exercise breakfast. There's protein in both the yolk and the white of the egg. This recipe increases your protein intake while keeping calories and fat under control. Eggs also contain zinc , which helps protect against disease. Plant-based protein Beans are an amazing source of plant-based protein and carbohydrates. Make a large bowl of bean salad in the beginning of a week, and you'll have a great post-exercise meal that's ready whenever you need it. Question: Which of the following helps increase protein intake and keep calories and fat under control? Answer:\n****\nA: Egg sandwiches.\n\n\ninput with options: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Jennifer's Hurricane Experience I have evacuated lots of times in my life. To make sure everything is safe, my family have to move a lot of things. I usually help my mom and my brothers help my dad. Mom and I take all of the special keepsakes to low safe places. Another thing we have to do is to take our sailboat out into deep water and anchor it really well. When it's time to anchor the sailboat, Scott, my father's brother, comes over. I just need to wait in the car with my mom and brothers before we evacuate. John's Hurricane Experience My family evacuated for hurricane Opal in 1995. We left two days early because we were going to my dad's 35thHigh School Reunion . There was a lot of traffic getting out of town. But we didn't get into trouble as we had arrived at the school. During hurricane Georges, I slept. But there was a lot of lightning, thunder and rain at that night. The next morning, there were a lot of branches, twigs and leaves everywhere. Catherine's Hurricane Experience This year, we experienced two hurricanes, Earl and Georges. We did the same thing in both hurricanes. We would always be watching the news. There was a lot of rain ... a whole lot of rain. The hurricane never really got close enough to do very much damage. I have never evacuated, and I don't think that I ever will. Ryan's Hurricane Experience I am a police officer on an island in the Texas Gulf Coast. I was directly affected by the violent weather throughout the hurricane season. Our department was ordered to stay on the island while all the other citizens were evacuating. I didn't feel at all prepared for the situation. So I went to the grocery store and purchased some food. I thought a survival kit would have helped ease some of the tension in my mind. Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the hurricanes? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Hurricane Opal hit in 1995.\n- Hurricane Georges hit at night.\n- Hurricane Opal hit on John's way to the school.\n- Hurricane Georges blew down many branches.\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Hurricane Opal hit on John's way to the school.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: As a parent of a swimmer this is really not a great pool for watching a meet. The stands are small and the tiny results scoreboard is blocked by the crowd if not directly behind you. Parking is atrocious. The positive is the pool is pretty new and in good condition .\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: negative\n\n\nProblem: I'm a huge Chipotle fan, but it has to be said: this is quite possibly the worst Chipotle I've been to. They don't have Chipotle in my hometown, so you can bet your sweet ass that whenever I go to a place where there is one, I will plan my meals around it. Hell, I even plan several of my meals around having Chipotle, so that I can maximize my delicious burrito-bowl eating opportunities. That being said, shortly after landing in Madison, of all the places, this HAD to be my first stop. It sucked. The workers here are more grouchier than your typical chipotle employee. You literally have 5 seconds to shout out your order before the workers give you a look so disdainful you might think you just kicked a basket full of baby kittens. Ugh, the pressure! Not to mention they scoop out your food and throw it in the bowl with such force, it's no wonder that the food portion is so small! Most of it ends up outside of the bowl, and you're left with an order half the size of what you'd get at any other location. I get it, it's a college town, and no doubt most of the employees are college students. I've been there. Hell, I've even been asked to throw away used tissues at my part time jobs while I've been in college. Life isn't that bad, kids. It shouldn't be, especially at Chipotle.\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: negative\n\n\nProblem: My 6yr old has been seeing Dr. Pham since the day he was born. All the staff is extremely friendly and attentive. When my little is sick we are always able to get in same day. They are always on time with appts and never been made to wait.\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: positive\n\n\nProblem: This Outback location is great! We live fairly close to this Outback and every time we have been here the service and food has been wonderful. I usually get a 6oz sirloin with mashed potatoes and the steak is always cooked and seasoned to perfection. I have asked for a few minor modifications such as a gravy for the mashed potatoes which they do not have but our waitress recommended the mushroom sauce usually used for steak and it was great on the mashed potatoes. The lobster mac and cheese that they recently had as a special was AMAZING! The bartender on our last visit also recommend that I put a shot of peach schnapps in my blue moon beer and once again it was AMAZING! This Outback just does it for me. I don't need to spend a fortune at a fancy steakhouse when the Outback down the street meets my every steakhouse need. Well done!\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "positive", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Example conversation: DIALOG:\nWhat was the first to outline the principle of Hartree's equation?\n- \nHartree equation In 1927, a year after the publication of the Schrödinger equation, Hartree formulated what are now known as the Hartree equations for atoms, using the concept of \"self-consistency\" that Lindsay had introduced in his study of many electron systems in the context of Bohr theory.\n\n\nRead the dialog and predict the next turn. DIALOG:\nWhat is Horn ⁇ Pial?\n- Horný Pial Horný Pial () is a village and municipality in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of Slovakia.\n- When was it formed?\n- In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1251.\n- What can you tell me about it?\n- The village lies at an altitude of 170 metres and covers an area of 6.354 km².\n- What's the population?\n- It has a population of about 300 people.\n- What's the ethnicity?\n- The village is approximately 52% Magyar and 48% Slovak The village has a public library and a football pitch.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- \n\nThe records for genealogical research are available at the state archive \"Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia\"\n\n\nExample conversation: Write the response (start with \"Response:\") DIALOG:\nWhat is meant by non-subcarrier audio?\n- Most often, this is used on broadcast satellites to indicate that radio stations are not multiplexed as subcarriers onto a single video carrier, but instead independently share a transponder.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- It may also be used on other communications satellites, or occasionally on non-satellite transmissions.\n- What is the advantage of this?\n- In an SCPC system, satellite bandwidth is dedicated to a single source.\n- Can you tell me more about the audio side of things?\n- Analog SCPC subcarrier audio is received using dedicated satellite receivers.\n- What do the receivers look like?\n- \n\nResponse: SCPC audio receivers tune a frequency range of 50 to 90 MHz with both wide and narrow bandwidth options.\n\n\nSee the conversation examples, and predict the next turn. DIALOG:\nWhat is Rape of the Lock's relationship with the French National Opera?\n- The work had originally come to European notice through an anonymous prose version, \"La Boucle de Cheveux Enlevée\", published anonymously in 1728 and now ascribed either to Marthe-Marguerite, Marquise de Caylus, or to Pierre Desfontaines.\n- What was the critical reception of the opera?\n- \n\nDespite there being a playful French model for this kind of writing in Boileau's \"Lutrin\", the translator claims of Pope's work in the preface that \"I do not believe that there can be found in our language anything more ingenious, in this playful genre.\" A verse translation by Jean-François Marmontel followed in 1746.\n\n\nGet response for this dialogue: DIALOG:\nWhat is important about the NOAA panel on contingent valuation?\n- The NOAA panel also felt, in general, that conservative estimates of value were to be preferred and one important consequence of this decision is that they recommended contingent valuation surveys measure willingness to pay to protect the good rather than willingness to accept compensation for the loss of the resource.\n- Was there any other issues with the panel?\n- As a result, current contingent valuation methodology corrects for these shortcomings, and current empirical testing indicates that such bias and inconsistency has been successfully addressed.\n- Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?\n- \nAs shown by Mundy and McLean (1998), contingent valuation is now widely accepted as a real estate appraisal technique, particularly in contaminated property or other situations where revealed preference models (i.e. transaction pricing) fail due to disequilibrium in the market.\n\n\nquestion: Write a response. DIALOG:\nWhat are some of the production challenges that were faced by the filmmakers?\n- Preminger realized no major studio would be interested in financing an operatic film with an all-black cast, so he decided to produce it independently.\n- Did they face any other challenges?\n- He anticipated United Artists executives Arthur B. Krim and Robert S. Benjamin, who had supported him in his censorship battles with \" The Moon Is Blue\", would be willing to invest in the project, but the two felt it was not economically viable and declined.\n- Who else was involved in the production?\n- \nresponse:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Following the completion of his previous film, \"River of No Return\", Preminger had paid 20th Century Fox $150,000 to cancel the remainder of his contract, so he was surprised when Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck contacted him and offered to finance the film while allowing him to operate as a fully independent filmmaker.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Since the pre-historic times, man has had an urge to satisfy his needs. Be it hunger, shelter or search for a mate, he has always controlled the situations to his advantage. Probably this might be the reason why we humans are the most developed of all living species on the earth. As we climbed the steps of development, we somehow left behind common sense and logical thinking -- we forgot that we have stopped thinking ahead of time. If you are hungry, what do you do? Get a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet. Just like your stomach, even your mind is hungry. But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover, favorite star and many such things. So it silently began to care about your needs and never let itself grow. _ This might be the reason why we all sometimes think \"What happens next?\", \"Why can't I think?\" \"Why am I always given the difficult problems?\" Well, this is the result of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things. Hunger of the mind can be actually satisfied through reading. Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood. Just like that to develop other aspects of our life, we have to turn to reading. You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your \"How to?\" questions. The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas. The same seed, if used many times, can help you link and relate a lot of things, of which you would have never thought in your wildest dreams! This is nothing but creativity. More the number of books you read, your mind will open up like never before. The author tends to tell us _ . A) reading can satisfy your all needs B) reading can result from creativity C) reading can feed your mind D) reading can realize your dreams\nC\n\nI decided to go back to school in the fall of 2010 for not being happy with my current job and financial status. I got my Associate in May 2002 in commercial art. After graduation, I had trouble getting a job in that field. For years, I was going from one job to another, and I was not satisfied with unstableness . I decided to go back to school to study either international business or psychology . I weighed the _ of both professions and psychology won. I like helping my friends and family. When they are faced with hard situations in their life, I'd like to give them sound advice and be honest with them. Also, I was interested in the \"mind\". I searched for online schools because my work schedule would not allow me to study in a classroom. I was nervous about taking online classes because I had heard mixed stories from my friends who were taking online classes. I decided to do it anyway to experience something different. I wanted to find an online school that was affordable and believable. While I was doing the online search, I discovered Walden University, which is specially for working adults who want to have a bachelor's degree or higher. The process of getting accepted was easy, i.e. writing an essay on why I wanted to attend their school, sending my previous credits , etc. I am currently enrolled in the bachelor's program for psychology, and I am paying for college via financial-aid loans . This experience has been interesting and yet upsetting as sometimes it was difficult to balance work, school and home life. I have learned a lot about psychology and myself. For example, I like writing about current events, relationships and traveling. I thought my English composition was ordinary, but after taking a few classes at Walden University, I have improved my English composition and it has made me feel confident enough to start writing professionally. Now I am a freelancer and I am only three classes away from getting my bachelor's degree in psychology. It is one of the best decisions I have made in my life. What did the author study in the first place when he was in college? A) Psychology. B) Commercial art. C) International business. D) English composition.\nB\n\nIn Britain and other countries,young people sometimes take a\"gap year\",a year off between high school and college.This idea never gained a big following in America.Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing,though there are no official numbers. Charles Deacon,.Dean of Admissions at Georgetown University in Washington,D.C.,estimates that in the current first-year class of 1,600 students,only about 25 decided to take a year off.He says this number hasn't changed much over the years. Mr.Deacon says the most common reason for taking a\"gap year\"is to have a chance to travel,but he says international students may take a\"gap year\"to meet requirements at home for military duty. Some high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education,but it can also give students a chance to explore their interests.Students hoping to be doctors,for example,could learn about the profession by volunteering in a hospital. Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admission.Expels say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoy. The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called\"Time Out or Bum Out for the Next Generation.''It praises the idea of taking time off to step back,think and enjoy gaining life experiences outside the pressure of studies.It also notes that students are sometimes admitted to Harvard or other colleges partly because they did something unusual with that time. Of course,a gap year is not for everyone.Students might miss their friends who go on directly to college,and parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off.Another concern is money.A year off,away from home,can be costly. Holly Bull's job is to specialize in helping students plan their gap year.She notes that several books have been written about this subject.She says these books along with media attention and the availability of... What can we learn from the passage? A) Charles Deacon doesn't support the idea of the students'taking a\"gap year\" B) Parents might disagree with the program,concerned about their children's future. C) Books and media have contributed to the students'interest in school learning. D) Experts agree taking a year off will benefit the students emotionally and physically.\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "B", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Article: In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution.They join environment clubs.In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean. Here are some things students often do. No-garbage lunches.How many lunch bags do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again.Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school. No-car day.On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car including the students and the teachers.Cars give pollution to us, so remember: Walk, jump, bike, or run! Use your legs! It's lots of fun! Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty cubic meters of water an hour? In a year, that would fill in a small river. In the environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets. We love our environment.Let's work together to make it better. Question: From the passage we know the students usually have lunch _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"at school\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: China is a nation with a rich culture in handwriting. \"Even though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands,\" said a Chinese government official . Nowadays, the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. As people use computers more often than before, many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters . People often make a lot of mistakes in writing. At present, China is trying to help pupils and teachers to improve their writing with the help of information technology. With the technology, it is hoped that teachers can write their teaching contents on the blackboard and students can _ by writing, too. The Chinese character test shows that nowadays, many college students' handwriting has become worse. Many college students do not know how to compose words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, many adults also have met the same problem. They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out the character in detail , they can't. On the other hand, they can easily type out the character on a computer. In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of certain technologies. Actually, apart from technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing. Question: How is China trying to help students and teachers to improve their writing? Yes or no, is the answer \"By using information technology.\"?\nNo\n------\nArticle: Hello, I'm Linda. This is Jen. She's my mum. She's 38 years old. She's wearing a red coat, a pair of red shoes and a pair of blue pants. She often wears a big hat, too. She is a teacher. And the students in her school like her very much. She likes singing . But she doesn't like playing sports. On Sundays, she goes shopping with me. ,. Question: Jen is Linda's _ . Yes or no, is the answer \"mum\"?\nYes\n------\nArticle: Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive. A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheep umbrellas , and decided to take a black one, since her mother had lost hers the month before. She thought, \"You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.\" So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished. On her way back home in the train that evening, she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment , but when she got back, it had gone! When she had left the compartment, there had been no other passengers in it, but now there were three. Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone, and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train. The next week, Sally heard from her mother. It said, \"Thank you very much for your lovely presents, but why did you send me three black umbrellas?\" Question: How many umbrellas did Sally's mother get at last? Yes or no, is the answer \"Three.\"?\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "No\n------", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Question: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time. Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC (personal computer) if they're in the MP3 format. What is it? MP3 compresses music into small computer friendly files. You access MP3 music several ways : Music can be downloaded from websites that have converted vast music libraries into MP3. Or you can prerecord CDs into your PC and convert songs in minutes into MP3. Once MP3 music is on your PC's hard drive, you can play it through your computer's speakers, \" _ \" it onto blank CDs or exchange MP3 files with friends using E-mail. How much? Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free. It comes preinstalled on most new computers or can be downloaded from many websites, including MP3. com. Some MP3 sites are free. Just type \"MP3 sites\" into any search engine. The popular MP3 players start at around $50and can hold hundreds of songs. A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar. Advantages MP3 turns your home PC into a tape recorder. Tiny MP3 players are the size of a card, making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you. Disadvantages You may find that music at many sites is limited. And some only allow you to listen rather than download offerings. Others let you download music that then can't be copied to MP3 players. And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer. Question: How much will you pay for a MP3 player? Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- Free of charge.\n- Free downloading.\n- At about fifty dollars.\n- About a dollar.\nAnswer: At about fifty dollars.\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn't understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk. Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed . As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things. Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl's test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn't talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test. Question: The boy knew everything _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- the moment he was asked to stay behind\n- when the teacher started talking about honesty\n- only some time later\n- when he was walking out of the room\nAnswer: only some time later\n\nQuestion: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: BEIJING --With a series of measures being adopted to control price rise, the Chinese government is confident of keeping prices at a reasonable level, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday morning, asking people to remain confident. \"I believe we can keep prices at a reasonable level through our efforts. As a major leader of the government, I have the responsibility and I have the confidence, too.\" He made the remarks while answering a listener's question during a radio broadcast by China National Radio. Steps taken in the past month, including price controls to curb speculation and monetary tightening , had started to produce results, he said. The government plans to build 10 million units of affordable housing in 2011, up from this year's target of 5.8 million. China will also increase efforts to curb speculation in the housing market, mainly through monetary policies and stricter use of land, Wen said, without giving details. Wen said the country had a good agricultural supply base which gave the government confidence that it could stabilize prices. In a bid to control inflation, the government has also increased the bank reserve requirement ratio six times and lifted interest rate twice this year, he added. Further, authorities have introduced many measures including cutting fees for transportation of agriculture products and controlling food price rise strictly. The overall price level, especially of major consumer goods, has now begun to drop, Wen said. \"The fundamental way to stabilize pri ces is to achieve a balance of supply and demand, which requires continuous development of agriculture,\" said premier, adding that the central government has worked out measures to increase agricultural production. Question: The best title of the passage should be _ . Answer:\nOPTIONS:\n- More efforts on controlling price rise\n- Chinese government is confident of controlling price rise\n- Major consumer goods' price dropped\n- The bank lifted interest rate.\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Chinese government is confident of controlling price rise", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: An experiment was carried out at British school into the performance of new pupils. At the start of the year, the pupils were each given a _ , ranging from \"excellent prospect\" to \"unlikely to do well\". These were totally untrue ratings and did not reflect how well the pupils had previously performed. However, these ratings were given to the teachers. At the end of the year, the experimenters compared the pupils' performance with the ratings. Despite their real abilities, there was an astonishingly high connection between performance and ratings. It seems that people perform as well as we expect them to. The Self-fulfilling Effect is also known as the Pygmalion Effect. This comes from an old Greek story. The story was also the basis of George Bernard Shaw's play \"Pygmalion\", later turned into the musical \"My Fair Lady\". In Shaw's play, Professor Henry Higgins claims he can turn a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle into a duchess. But, as Eliza herself points out to Higgins' friend Pickering, it isn't what she learns or does that determines whether she will become a duchess, but how she's treated. The implication of the Pygmalion Effect for leaders and managers is massive. It means that the performance of your team depends less on them than it does on you. The performance you get from people is no more or less than what you expect, which means you must always expect the best. As Goethe said, \"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.\" Question: What's the passage mainly about? - A new scientific experiment. - The Self-fulfilling Effect. - Shaw's play \"Pygmalion\". - An improved teaching method.\n(Answer)\nThe Self-fulfilling Effect.\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: The struggle to \"have it all\" leaves many mothers giving up their health and hobbies. But dads have more time to spare according to a research, with just 55 per cent saying they lose sleep and regular exercise compared with 71 percent of mums. Twice as many mothers as fathers complained that they did not spend enough time relaxing, with almost half of mums spending less than two hours a week with friends. And more than a third miss out on hobbies and interests because they are too busy. In spite of changing roles in the family, women are still responsible for most of the child care. Nearly a third spend more than 10 hours a week caring for their children, compared with just one in ten fathers. More mums than dads also say housework and tiredness stop them achieving their goals. But the research also shows mums gain a sense of achievement from finishing the housework, getting their children to school on time or sitting down to a family dinner. The research underlines the fact that women feel under pressure to succeed in all areas of their lives. As Nick Booth, a marketing director put, \"They are pushing themselves too hard and are in danger of burning out. We'd encourage anyone to take time out for themselves. Having your own interests and hobbies and ensuring you get enough sleep is hugely important. Other parts of your life, including work and family life, improve as a result.\" The Olympian and mother Jo Pavey admitted balancing career, family and personal time can be a struggle. Jo, 41, became the oldest female gold medalist at the European Championship last year - but regards her children as her biggest achievement. The mum of two said,\"When I was younger,I'd have probably said it wasn't possible to have a sporting career and be mum. But actually it is all about striking a balance and looking after yourself.\" Question: The purpose of the text is to tell us that _ . - mums shouldn't give up their careers - mums should ask help from their husbands - mums should balance different roles in their life - mums should do less housework and have a better rest\n(Answer)\nmums should balance different roles in their life\n\n\n(Question)\nRead the following article and select the best answer. Article: Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels , for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect. They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut trees. The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests. Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls \" _ \". Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century. The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause. Question: The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in _ . - the way they gather the walnut - the time they have winter sleep - the place they have winter sleep - the place they store the walnuts\n(Answer)\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "the place they store the walnuts", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: When we talk about superstitious beliefs , the beliefs associated with Friday the 13th , no doubt , deserve a special mention . In fact , such is the fear associated with this date that people just can't seem to stick to their daily routine on this day . The data from Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute suggests that somewhere around 17 to 21 million Americans are affected by the fear associated with this day , i.e. the combination of Friday and 13 . Even worse , the financial losses caused on this day amounts to as much as US$800 million every year . As we flipped through the pages of history , we realized that Friday the 13th bears the brunt of bad luck associated with number 13 , the unluckiest number , and Friday , the unluckiest day of the week . Number 13 has always been considered unlucky , mainly as a result of it being associated with various occurrences in mythology . While some associate it with the instance of Norse mythology , in which the god of joy and gladness - Balter , was killed in a dishonest manner by Loki - the god of discord and mischief , who was the 13th guest , others associate it with the Last Supper , in which the 13th guest was Judas , who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver . Similarly , Friday has also been a sign of bad luck to many people , with incidents like Jesus being crucified on this unfaithful day , contributing to this belief . It is also widely believed that Cain killed Able on this very day of the week . The fear of Friday the 13th is known as friggatriskaidekaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia , the former combining the words frigga , meaning Friday , and triskaidekaphobia , meaning the phobia of number 13 . Over the period , the belief that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day has just become one of the most widely accepted superstitions , which consequently causes much blind panic and unreasonable fear in the world . Options: A The psychology of superstition B The history of a common superstition C The origins of Friday the 13 th D Influences of Friday the 13 th Answer: C The origins of Friday the 13 th Question:\n----\nAnswer: What is the passage mainly about?\n\n\nQ: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Mail lay scattered across the kitchen table. I couldn't put off sorting through it any longer. I checked the envelopes, putting aside the ones addressed to my husband. It had been over three years since Bob had died. To friends and family it looked like I had moved past the worst of my sorrow. I took care of my house, socialized and kept up with community. On the outside everything appeared to be normal. But inside I was anything but I worried I would never get better, never be myself again. They say sorrow has no set time limit, but I was so tired of feeling empty and hopeless. My sorrow was sharp and fresh as ever. It was like a wall of pressure in my chest, pressing my heart. I picked up a piece of Bob's mail and held it out to tear in half, but stopped myself from cutting up the envelope. The letter was from an organization that funded a Haitian orphanage called _ . Its founder, Carol Hawthorne, had given a presentation at our church. Bob and I had donated, and Bob ended up on the mailing list to receive the newsletter with updates on the children. I hadn't read one since Bob died. But just three months before, in January 2012, the country had been hit by a terrible earthquake. In my depressed state, it hadn't even occurred to me to wonder whether the orphanage had survived. I opened the newsletter and was surprised to find out that My Father's House was still standing. Of course now it was more crowded than ever. At the bottom of the page was an announcement about an upcoming trip to visit the orphanage in person. \"I should go.\" The thought wouldn't leave me. I contacted Carol Hawthorne.\"What would I do if I go?\" I asked.\"Build houses?\" \"The Haitian people there are eager to work and they know what they're doing,\" said Carol. \"What they need are raw materials, and we provide them. We also visit with the children. We go to clinics and schools, pass out supplies. You'll be very busy, I promise!\" I reserved a seat but didn't mention it to any of my friends. Just a few weeks later, I was at the airport... Options: A driving over the roads B viewing the landscape C seeing the expressions on children's faces D observing water buckets on women's heads Answer: C seeing the expressions on children's faces Question:\nA: The writer enjoyed herself at _ .\n\n\nWrite a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: As many as one in five US teenagers have some degree of hearing loss, according to researchers. They say the problem is growing. \"Teenagers really don't pay attention to how much noise they are exposed to ,\" Josef Shargorodsky of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston told Reuters. \"Often people won't notice it, but even very little hearing loss may influence language development,\" said Shargorodsky, one of the researchers. The study compared surveys from the early 1990s and the mid-2000s. Each included a few thousand teenagers. In the first survey, about 15 percent of teenagers had some degree of hearing loss. Some 15 years later, that number had risen by a third, to nearly 20 percent. \"This certainly is big news,\" said Alison Grimes, an ear doctor. \"Hearing loss is very common in old people,\" Grimes said, but she added that it was worrying to see it happen in the younger age group. In babies and young children, hearing problems are known to slow language development. The science is less clear for teenagers, but it is easy to imagine how being hard of hearing could influence learning, said Grimes. The reasons for the rise are still unclear. When researchers asked teenagers about noise exposure - on the job, at school or from activities, for example - the teenagers didn't report any change. But Shargorodsky said that might not be true. \"We know from before that it is difficult to ask this age group about noise exposure - _ \" Few people would call it noise when they listen to music on their MP3 player, for example. \"There is a difference between what we think is loud and what is harmful to the ear,\" said Grimes. Although it's not clear that the MP3 players cause teenagers' hearing loss, Grimes said it was still a good idea to turn down the sound and take short breaks from listening. Options: A to turn the sound down B to stop using MP3 players C to be clear about the problem D to report the change in hearing loss Answer: A to turn the sound down Question:\n----\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "The writer advises teenagers _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: I'm not downgrading Negociants to 1 star (which, frankly, is what it deserves after my experience last night) because the revamped decor looks nice and it's still a decent place for a drink (despite the fact that the selection of beers on tap is a bit dire). I had a shocking meal here last night. Almost more than the poor quality of the food, it was the service that really appalled us. It's really unfortunate, too, as they've got a new menu of later night \"tapas\" which sounded really tasty. 1 for \\u00a35 and 5 for \\u00a315, it sounded like a brilliant place to go for a few drinks and some tasty nibbles. Unfortunately after my experience last night, I'll not be coming back to try this menu. First of all, I think that there were quite a few members of staff working but I couldn't really tell as there was no similarity in their dress, and most of them spent the majority of their time hanging out in the front of the bar and not actually serving any tables. The one girl whose main job seemed to be to wait tables was nice enough but spent the first 10 minutes I was there sitting down chatting with friends and completely ignoring my several attempts to flag her down. We were *finally* able to order but right when one of our party was about to order a burger, a guy behind her sent his back. Not a good sign. When the guy's burger came back, I kid you not, I watched as the server brought him his food and dumped it in front of him without saying a word or even making eye contact. Our food came and was mediocre at best. My beloved nachos were huge and covered in sauces, accompanied by about 6 tiny pieces of chicken. The guac was processed and bitter, and the cheese was sparse. The Man's chicken sandwich was served on stale bread with dry chicken and poor quality chips, and our other friends' meals were equally dire. All of this, for over \\u00a310 for most of the meals was shocking. I knew I would have to ask for the bill early so flagged down the waitress and explained that we were in a hurry and could we have the bill. She proceeded to clean tables for non-existant customers before bringing us our bill. Note to servers of the world - help customers who are actually IN the restaurant before those who haven't walked in the door yet. All around a shocking experience that we won't be repeating.\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: negative\n\n\nProblem: Service was horrible. Waiter was very rude. I ordered the Banh Xeo, and even before I tried ordering, the waiter was trying to persuade me not to get it because it takes 20 minutes to make. I still ordered it. Besides that, he also tried to make me feel bad for ordering it, claiming that I ordered the wrong thing, since the rest of my table had their food 8 minutes before me. Other than the extremely horrible service, the food was okay. The crepe was a bit too hard on the bottom, with not enough sprouts. Oh yeah, i forgot to mention that it only came with 2 lettuce leafs. If it sounds like I'm hating, I sure am. I now hate this place. Their fish sauce is weak too. Save your money and do not go to this place!\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: negative\n\n\nProblem: Growing up, we lived maybe 5-10min from this place, and every Friday my parents would order Mineos, take it home and we'd have our little pizza day. Pizza Day, opposite as the Aquabats would lead you to believe, became the worst day of the week. As a child, I guess I couldn't stand this thick thick cheese and greesey floppy crust. I thought my parents were dinosaurs for using forks and knives to eat this thing. I'd wind up eating one slice and being \"full\" just because I didn't want to eat any more of this stuff. Now, I've heard everything under the sun defending Mineos honor whenever I speak these critiques. Most notably \"Oh, well you need to eat it THERE\". Well, unless Mineos pizza changes quality in the first FIVE MINUTES it's served, then it's official: Mineos Pizza tastes like a foot. Never bought it in my adult life. Very happy I didnt after hearing people say how expensive it is, here.\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA: negative\n\n\nProblem: Great lunch specials! Good food and friendly staff! Give them a try. I had tuna salad with coleslaw and a pickle, I will return. Everything was very good. Place is clean too.\nHow would this review be described?\n++++++++++\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "positive", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: We always celebrated Dad's birthday on Thanksgiving Day. even afier he stayed in a nursing home . When we knew it might be his last birthday, the whole family decided to have a big birthday celebration at the nursing home. Dad was a good storyteller. But this time I told Dad to listen to some stories for a change. One after another, people told stories from their hearts , while Dad listened with tears in eyes. People thought of kinds of stories-stories about when they were little, stories about when Dad was young. Everyone seemed to have more than one story. Even the little grandchildren couldn't wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who was kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was a change to tell him how much we love him. A few months later, at Dad's memorial service , we fully knew what we gave to Dad that night. Those are the stories people usually tell at a funeral after his or her death . They tell stories, full of tears. But we gave those memories to Dad in his life, and we told them through laughter with hugs and joy. He had them to hold and enjoyed them from time to time in his heart during his last days and months. That's the ways to give back love and that's our chance to celebrate a person in his or her life. Options: A Dad was to leave the hospital B it might be Dad's last birthday C they would celebrate Thanksgiving Day D Dad was at the nursing home Answer: B it might be Dad's last birthday Question:\n\nA: The whole family decided to have a big birthday celebration because _ .\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Today Han Mei's classmates are having an art lesson in the park. Now they are playing near the lake. The boy in black is flying a kite. He is Li Lei. The girl in red is reading a book. Who is she? Ha, she's just Han Mei. Lucy and Lily are twins. They look the same and they are dancing under a big tree. There is a boat on the lake. Mrs. Green and Mrs. Brown are in the boat. They are their teachers. And now the children are drawing pictures on the grass near the lake. The teachers are teaching how to draw pictures. But what is Joe doing? Oh, he is looking for his pencil case. Options: A She is drawing a picture. B She is flying a kite. C She is dancing with the twins. D She is reading a book. Answer: D She is reading a book. Question:\n\nA: What is Han Mei doing?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: When my two children were young, we took a trip to Disneyland with their grandma. Although the park is about an hour car ride from our home, we decided to spend the night in a hotel, so we could spend more time in the park. In the evening, the famous Disneyland Parade started. My husband took our daughter and ran to have a look, leaving me with grandma and our son who was in a stroller . Because I am short, and grandma is shorter, we couldn't see them, and didn't know where they were. Grandma decided to find them. I told her not to, because I didn't want to lose her. But she walked off, and was soon lost. I made my way to the exit , because I thought everyone would get there, and they did. Then we waited for the hotel bus ----it never came. So we called them. They told us that there was something wrong with their bus, and that we have to take a taxi. We finally got back to our hotel. Today when I think of Disneyland, I think of that day. Options: A The Disneyland parade started in the evening. B The daughter was older than the son. C The grandma was shorter than the mother. D They got back to their hotel by bus that day. Answer: D They got back to their hotel by bus that day. Question:\n\nA: Which of the following is not true?\n\n\nProblem: Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Just a Little Smile Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman . Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just _ with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk. Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. \"Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?\" asked Bill. \"You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. \" Options: A knew he could save Bill's life B knew who Bill was and wanted to help him C didn't know why he was going to help him D didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill Answer: D didn't know what he was doing was very important to Bill Question:\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he. _ .", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "IN: Carolyn Hax: When grief stands in the way of cherishing time with loved one\nAdapted from an online discussion.\n\nDear Carolyn: My dear younger sister has a fatal condition, a 50 percent chance to be alive in one year and a 99 percent chance to be dead within five. She still has a realistic, positive, great attitude.\n\nCarolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997, after five years as a copy editor and news editor in Style and none as a therapist. The column includes cartoons by \"relationship cartoonist\" Nick Galifianakis -- Carolyn's ex-husband -- and appears in over 200 newspapers.\n\nMe, I’m a puddle of tears. Please help me get through my remaining time with her and actually enjoy it, instead of crying. On one hand I want my “pre-grief” to last a long time, which would mean my sister is still alive; on the other hand, it’s *killing* me. (She would laugh and say, “No, it’s killing me!”)\n\nAfter she passes, I can give my grief all the time it will need, but right now, I want to put my ”pre-grief” aside. I am impatient to get around this and back to enjoying my time with her.\n\nYour impatience “to get around this” implies that grief is an obstacle in your path to be removed. It’s not. It is your path now, one that will feel overwhelming and impossible at some times and manageable, even comforting, at others. The progression isn’t linear either: You will think you’re through the worst, then get hit with huge sobs over some trigger you were able to shrug off only yesterday. It’s just the way it is.\n\nI lived this during my mother’s terminal illness, and still do after her death. To get through this difficult phase you’re in now — where you want to savor every moment with someone just as your ability to enjoy anything has gone AWOL — I found places away from Mom to take my grief, and I visited them frequently so I could focus on Mom when I saw her vs. on myself. One outlet was talking to a therapist weekly. Another was taking day or overnight trips to see friends (selected for their restorative effect on me; I was not concerned with fairness). Another was exercising. Another was keeping in e-touch with friends who got it but weren’t within visiting range.\n\nYou also might find a useful framework in “Ring Theory,” so she doesn’t become the one trying to help you feel better.\n\nHope this helps. Hang in there.\n\nRe: Family: I wrote into your chat in 2014 about my stepfather’s terminal cancer. We knew that any moment Could Be It. I stayed home the first semester of college after his diagnosis to take care of my family, but also went back to graduate after that, then moved to another city, adopted a cat, got my first job, met my now-husband, adopted another cat. It felt like a roller coaster of good and bad, but life kept on moving in real time.\n\nI grieved tremendously during the seven years I had with my dad, and it did not prepare me for when he passed or for the grief that still sometimes reduces me to a blubbering mess at my desk on a Tuesday afternoon.\n\nSpend time with your sister as those moments come. Be gentle with yourself, rest, enjoy what you can and also give yourself permission to lie on the living room floor in your sweatpants if you just need to.\n\nAnonymous: Thank you so much for the insight, and the update.\n\nWrite to Carolyn Hax, Style, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, or tellme@washpost.com. Get her column delivered to your inbox each morning at http://bit.ly/haxpost.\nWhat is a short summary of the above article?\n\nOUT: A woman’s sister has a terminal illness, and the reader is having difficulty in handling emotions.\n\n\nIN: Bruins had first-hand look at Pauley flooding\nUpdated AUG 03, 2014 8:28a ET\n\nOn Wednesday, a school known for its sun and sun dresses was shockingly deluged by a mini-flood after a water main broke underground. The incident left millions of gallons of water spread across campus.\n\nAs dramatic as the images were, the initial returns from UCLA aren't as bad as feared. Yes, cars are still slowly being evacuated from underground parking garages, and sure, some campus buildings -- including famed Pauley Pavilion -- need some work. Overall though, the impact could have been worse, no matter how shocking it looked at first glance.\n\nStill, it raises the question of what it was like to be a UCLA student during the ordeal. FOXSports.com was at this weekend's Adidas Nations tournament, and had the chance to ask three members of UCLA's basketball team just that.\n\nWednesday started off like any other afternoon for the players. Another practice was set to begin, in a seemingly never-ending offseason full of them. And while the team was suiting up in Pauley Pavilion, they were also getting ready to trek across campus; a volleyball tournament had booted them from their home court for the afternoon.\n\nThen, the strangest thing happened.\n\n\"We saw a little water trickling from the roof,\" senior Norman Powell said. \"I just thought it was a leak, maybe from one of the restaurants that serves food at the arena during games.\"\n\nOh, it was no leak. And it quickly became no joke.\n\n\"Next thing we look up and water comes pouring out of the roof,\" sophomore guard Bryce Alford said. \"Pouring. It was crazy.\"\n\nAt almost that exact instant, the team's strength and conditioning coach burst into the locker room with strict orders. A flood had hit campus and the team was to evacuate the building immediately. Elevators were not an option, leading to the even more surreal scene of walking up a flight of stairs as water trickled down in the other direction.\n\nOnce outside, things only got more strange.\n\n\"We got outside and Bruin Walk was flooded,\" Alford said of the famed campus street near the building. \"Nobody knew what to do. Some people grabbed their boogie boards, some were wearing bathing suits. I've never seen anything like it.\"\n\nFor UCLA's basketball team however, there was no time to frolic. Once officials deemed Pauley Pavilion safe to re-enter, the players retrieved keys, wallets and other valuables they'd left behind in the haste to evacuate. None of the players interviewed lost anything valuable, and none of the three had the added concern of owning a car on campus either. They spent part of the afternoon helping those who did have cars find theirs safely.\n\nThe leak from the ruptured main eventually came to a stop and players were free to return to their hill-top dorms, which were not impacted.\n\nA night of sleep brought a degree of normalcy back to the campus.\n\n\"The next day,\" Alford said, \"it was like nothing had happened. You would've never known there was all this damage the day before.\"\n\nThe players credited the workers at the school, specifically at Pauley Pavilion, for the quick clean-up. According to Powell, the court looked \"like any other court,\" even if it will ultimately be replaced because of the damage. School officials have said they hope to re-open the building in October and don't expect to have to move regular-season basketball games because of it.\n\nSo, safe to say, the strangest chapter in recent UCLA history is all but over.\n\n\"It wasn't really scary,\" Powell said, explaining that while it was bizarre, he never feared for his safety, or that of anyone else.\n\nStill, it might've been one of UCLA's youngest players who summed it up best.\n\n\"I've seen floods back home,\" said Kevon Looney, a true freshman who just arrived from Milwaukee a few weeks ago. \"Coming out here, it's the last thing I ever thought would happen.\"\n\nAaron Torres is a show writer for Fox Sports Live and a contributor to FoxSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @Aaron_Torres or e-mail at ATorres00@gmail.com.\nWhat is a short summary of the above article?\n\nOUT:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Several basketball players were in the building when a water main break flooded Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Read the following article and answer the question. Article: The Greeks had long kept certain more or less formal relations with the people of Macedonia . The Macedonians from their side had kept themselves well informed about conditions in Greece. Now it happened, just when Sparta and Athens had finished their disastrous war, that Macedonia was ruled by an extraordinarily clever man named Philip. He admired the Greek spirit but he looked down on the Greek lack of self-control in political affairs. It angered him to see a perfectly good people waste its men and money upon fruitless quarrels. So he settled the difficulty by making himself the master of all Greece and then he asked his new subjects to join him on a voyage which he meant to pay to Persia in return for the visit which Xerxes had paid the Greeks 150 years before. Unfortunately Philip was murdered before he could start this well-prepared expedition . The task of avenging the destruction of Athens was left to Philip's son Alexander, the beloved pupil of Aristotle, wisest of all Greek teachers. Alexander left Europe in the spring of 334 BC. Seven years later he reached India. In the meantime he had destroyed Phoenicia(,), the old rival of the Greek merchants. He had conquered Egypt and had been worshipped by the people of the Nile valley as the son and heir of the Pharaohs . He had defeated the last Persian king -- he had overthrown the Persian Empire, he had given orders to rebuild Babylon -- he had led his troops into the heart of the Himalayan mountains and had made the entire world a Macedonian province and dependency. Then he stopped and announced even more ambitious plans. The newly formed Empire must be brought under the influence of the Greek mind. The people must be taught the Greek language -- they must live in cities built after a Greek model. The Alexandrian soldier now turned school-master. The military camps of yesterday became the peaceful centres of the newly imported Greek civilisation. Higher and higher did the flood of Greek manners and Greek customs rise, when suddenly Alexander was... Question: We can guess that Alexander's most ambitious plan after 327 BC was_. Answer:\n\nAnswer: to bring the newly formed Empire under the Greek influence\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: What will man be like in the future--in 5000 or even 50, 000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time. Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago , was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modem world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain' s capacity . As time goes on , however , we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact , we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man' s eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however , our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life. But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald. Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own. ... Question: The change in man's size of forehead will probably be because _ . Answer:\n\nAnswer: he will use his brain more and more as time goes on :\n\n\nRead the following article and answer the question. Article: Many people would interpret \"The American dream\" as \"living like an American\"--a two-story house with a white picket fence; a family with two cars; and two children. However, the economic situation is now affecting the American way of life for 4.4 million people living in the US, according to new census data. \"It's going to have a long-term impact and to say it's going to end is optimistic, \" says Cheryl Russell, former editor-in- chief of American Demographics magazine. \"I'm more pessimistic that this is the new normal.\" So what is the new normal? *Marrying later. The average age of the first marriage has increased to 28.7 for men and 26.7 for women, up from 27.5 and 25.9 respectively in 2006. At the same time, fewer people are getting married. If the marriage rate had stayed the same as in 2006, there would have been about 4 million more married people in 2010. *Fewer babies. There were 200,000 fewer births among women aged 20 to 34 in 2010 compared with two years before. This was despite the fact that the number of women of childbearing age had gone up by more than 1 million. \"The recession is the likely cause ,\" says Kenneth Johnson, demographer at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey Institue, \"Economic fertility \" because women delay ...in uncertain times. *Breaking up is harder. The number of divorces has been falling for 25 years as people wait longer or choose to live together before they get married. There were about 65,000 fewer divorces in 2010 than in 2008, a 7 percent decrease. *Crowd living. Unemployment is forcing more people to live together. The number of households where people lived with \"other s\" climbed from 6.7 percent in 2006 to 7.2 percent in 2010. *Going public. Private school enrollment decreased from 13.6 percent in 2006 to 12.8 percent in 2010. *Fewer cars. The percentage of households without a car rose to 9.1 percent against 8.8 percent in 2006. The percent-age of households with two or more cars fell from 58 percent to 57.1 percent. *Driving solo. When people are not... Question: Which of the following statements is TRUE? Answer:\n\nAnswer:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A growing number of people are forced to share their homes with other s in the US.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Problem: Write a negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) yelp review.\nA: We came in at 845, the owner told us to \"hurry up & make up our minds\" to my boyfriend and I. Also, he couldn't order the stuffed pasta because it takes too long to make. We changed our order...I got the chicken philly, which wasn't pleasing at all. It was all bread! They up charged for fries and it came with barely any. We usually go to Napoli's (which is similar) but wanted to try something different...sad to say we weren't pleased at all. The owner was also acting like a grumpy old man.\n\n\nQ: positive\n\nA: The staff is always very friendly and knowledgable. I have to buy prescription dog food, this store normally has it in stock. When I take Bob, we get to weigh in. So it's like his own little weight watchers meeting. Unfortunately there are dog owners bringing their pets, and don't have control over them. Making it a dangerous situation for both me and my dogs. And I don't know why the employees feel uncomfortable about approaching them and telling them to get their dogs under control. Nothing like a schnauzer having a panic attack because of a poodle with Bonaparte Syndrome. Apple didn't fall far from the tree.\n\n\nProblem: What would be an example of an negative (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive) review?\n\nAnswer: Will never fly Copa again. Mechanical error with our departure plane, which caused us to miss 1st day of our vacation. During delays, the staff was very rude and not forthcoming with any information about the delays. We were stuck in an airport for 7+ hours, and all they did was give us a $10 food/drink coupon?! Once on our flight and in the air, the staff didn't speak English and I was actually told by a stuart that there was no bottled water...and hours later I see him carrying a whole case of Dasani water. And there's no in flight wifi. Will not fly Copa again.\n\n\nInput: OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive.\nGenerate a negative review for a place\nOutput: I have to disagree with the other reviews as my experience was nothing but negative. My best girlfriend and I went there one evening in search of an experience that I had whilst I was in California. We received two free tickets to any movie of our liking and even though it is close to forty minutes away from the house we decided to go. Upon arrival we gave them our free tickets, and they gave us nasty looks. We ordered the tickets for Thor 2, and the attendant said that he would be right back. He came back a few minutes later and brought with him a manager. She told us that she cannot honor these tickets on a new release. It said in the paper good for any free movie. She then told us that the free movies were on a list and these were the only ones from which we could pick. We argued for five minutes, and she gave us nothing but attitude. She kept interrupting us, and we said that the ticket clearly stated that it was good for any film. She said in this condescending voice that we did not understand what she was saying; that we obviously did not read the information correctly. I work in mortgages and loans and my best girlfriend is a financial advisor. We are used to reading contracts all the time. I asked for her manager, and their store manager begrudgingly gave us a ticket. Her attitude towards us was a facade of niceness. We were not the only ones complaining as other people were in the same situation. They let everyone into the film of their choice regardless of what they saw. The majority of the people saw Thor 2. Some of the people thanked us for being assertive and expressing our valid opinion to the management team. We arrived inside, and there was a server who came to greet us. She asked if she could bring us anything to drink or eat. We declined because we ate earlier. She said that if we needed anything to hold our card up and she would come. About a hour into the movie my friend became thirsty. We held up our card and nobody came. She walked to get something to drink but another person stopped her. She told us that she would get our server. Our server never came. At the end of the movie the woman took tips at the door and thanked us for coming. She asked if we would like to leave a tip. I said absolutely not because she never did anything for us. I am not the type of person to complain about bad service, but I will complain if the service is beyond terrible. The concept is great, but they need to take some customer service advice from the theatre I went to in California. This would include having a push button to notify the attendant that you need something, and hire people who give great customer service. I will never go back to this theatre! I will frequent my normal theatre(s) on Monroe Road or Park Road. Even though they are not as up to date with indoor fixtures, there is something that they have that Cinnebarre will never have. That would be great customer service and attendants who smile and thank you for your patronage.\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput: This is a hard review for me to write. I absolutely love their juice combinations. Kale Liver Cleanse, the Orange Ginger-- amazing. But the service is sub par. I went twice in one day (addicted) and the same girl behind the counter was super rude to my friend and I both times, and they had us wait so an employee could take a call. Also- I know this place has a ton of fans, a lot of people I know, but I haven't found a dish that I like. I tried a salad and it was drowning in dressing, and the scrambled eggs were crusty. The second time I tried to eat there I had the steak sandwich, I ordered it without certain ingredients that came on it anyway, and the entire sandwich was lettuce. It may just not be my style for food, but for someone who loves to eat, it has been repeatedly disappointing.\n\n\ninput: Write a negative yelp review (OPTIONS:\n- negative\n- positive).\noutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "So, I say to myself, \"half price sushi for lunch? Oh yeah! You betcha!\" well, even at half price, it's tough for me to get excited about thus place. There's no real creativity (except for the disco balls during \"happy birthday\", seriously, uh yes) and it's fairly generic fare. The 2 stars are really for the fact the service was Johnny on the spot for edamame, miso and salad. The main fare though, just plain lacking. You're better off heading a mile or 2 down Ray over to Ra.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token \"|||||\". Your task is to summarize them.\nInput: (10/23/2017) - Amiee Cagle, the fiancee of Kenneth White, learned that five teens will be charged with second degree murder shortly before Kenneth's wake in Clio on Monday evening. \n \n \"I just hope they realize their actions and how many lives they torn apart, and know that what they did was wrong,\" said Cagle. \n \n She said while learning there have been arrests in her fiancee's death brings her some peace, it will never bring him back. That's hard to explain to their young son, who is only 5. \n \n \"He keeps asking about his daddy,\" she said. \"And to tell him he's not coming back has been hard. I try to explain. He's so young, he's only 5, he doesn't understand.\" \n \n Five teenage boys from Clio are being charged as adults with second degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, six counts each of malicious destruction of property and some other misdemeanors. \n \n Bill Landon, one of White's best friends, was happy to hear police made arrests in the case, but questioned why they were charged with second degree murder instead of the more serious first degree murder. \n \n \"What did they think was going to happen, just going to bounce off the road?\" he asked. \"They knew it would hit a car. Unfortunately, it was my best friend and killed him.\" \n \n Cagle said she hopes the teens are punished to the full extent of the law, and the one who threw the rock that killed the 32-year-old White is sentenced to life in prison. \n \n When asked if she will ever be able to forgive the teens, she said she's going to try. \n \n \"Because I know that's what Kenneth would have wanted, because he's a good man. He knows I'm a good-hearted person and he was a good-hearted person,\" she said. \"It's going to take time, a lot of time.\" \n \n Police have singled out a 17-year-old, the oldest in the group, for throwing the six-pound rock that killed White. No one at his home wanted to discuss the case, but a woman who came to door said they're grieving too. ||||| (CNN) A judge denied bond Tuesday for five Michigan teenagers charged with throwing a rock off a highway overpass and killing a passenger in a van. \n \n The group of teens, aged 15-17, were arraigned in Genesee County district courtroom. They are accused of throwing a 6-pound rock off an overpass near Flint, Michigan, on October 18, fatally injuring 32-year-old Kenneth White. \n \n White was riding home from work when he was struck in the face, head and chest by the rock that crashed through the windshield of the van in which he was a passenger. \n \n Police said this is the rock that was thrown off the overpass. \n \n \"There's no words to describe it,\" Kenneth White Sr, White's father, told CNN affiliate WNEM . \"I've buried my mother, my father, and my oldest brother in the last four years and this is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.\" \n \n White was engaged to be married and leaves behind a 5-year-old son. A GoFundMe account started by a family friend to help with funeral expenses has raised over $64,000 since Wednesday. \n \n \"He keeps asking about his daddy,\" Amiee Cagle, White's fiancee, told CNN affiliate WJRT . \"And to tell him he's not coming back has been hard. I try to explain. He's so young, he's only 5, he doesn't understand.\" \n \n Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell confirmed to CNN that based on their investigation, officials believe Kyle Anger, 17, threw the rock that killed White, but all five boys are being charged with the same counts. The maximum penalty is life in prison. \n \n Anger and Alexzander Miller, 15; Mark Sekelsky, 16; Mikadyn Payne, 16; and Trevor Gray, 15, were arraigned Tuesday and pleaded not guilty, according to Gray's attorney, Erwin Meiers. \n \n \"To propel the size of boulder down from the Dodge Road overpass to a 70 mph vehicle that's headed southbound, you ought to know -- a reasonable person would know -- that that is creating a high risk of great bodily harm, or in this case, death,\" said David Leyton, the county prosecutor, at a news conference on Monday. \n \n The five teenagers are being charged as adults, with one count of second-degree murder each. They are also being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, six felony counts each of malicious destruction of property and two other lesser charges. \n \n \"Although the charges are all the same, the kids are all different,\" Mark Sekelsky's lawyer, Frank Manley, told CNN affiliate WNEM . \"The actions that kids may have become involved in are all different. So even though the charges were all read exactly the same, my anticipation is that there will be a distinction once the evidence comes forward.\" \n \n A preliminary hearing is scheduled for the teens on November 2. \n \n \"You've got five children charged with offenses carrying life in prison,\" Meiers told CNN. \"One minute they're looking to going to prom or homecoming and the next minute they're sitting in a detention center.\" \n \n CNN reached out to the lawyers of the other defendants, but they weren't readily available for comment. ||||| Five teenagers have been charged as adults in the death of a man who was killed by a rock thrown on I-75. \n \n The teenagers include Kyle Anger, Alexzander Miller, Trevor Gray, Mikadyn Payne and Mark Sekelsky. \n \n >>Slideshow: Mid-Michigan mug shots<< \n \n All five of them were arraigned in front of a judge on Tuesday, Oct. 24 where not-guilty pleas were entered. \n \n They were charged with one count of second-degree murder (which is punishable by up to life in prison), one count of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder, six felony counts of malicious destruction of property and two misdemeanor counts of malicious destruction of property. \n \n “I don’t think this was a deliberate attempt to take somebody’s life. It was a willful and wanton act that resulted in somebody’s death. These people should have known better,” Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. “Under Michigan law that is second-degree murder.” \n \n >>Read more: Why defense attorney thinks all five teenagers were charged with second-degree murder<< \n \n The teenagers range in age from 15-17. \n \n The charges stem from the Oct. 18 incident that killed 32-year-old Kenneth White of Mt. Morris. \n \n \"These particular individuals knowingly created a very high risk of death or great bodily harm, knowing that death or such harm would be the likely result of such actions,\" Leyton said. \n \n Police said White was riding in a vehicle that night when he was struck in the head and chest by \"a very large rock\" thrown from the Dodge Road overpass in Genesee County's Vienna Township. \n \n Investigators believe that rock was thrown by Kyle Anger. \n \n White was a passenger in a van driven by his friend, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said. The driver saw a large rock coming at the van and said the rock entered the passenger side through the windshield, Pickell said. \n \n After the rock entered the van the driver said he passed four vehicles parked on the shoulder of the road before he could pull over, Pickell said. \n \n \"Detectives discovered several vehicles on the shoulder of the roadway with flat tires and other damage to the vehicles,\" Pickell said. \n \n Leyton said White died from blunt force trauma to the head and chest. He sustained lacerations and abrasions to the head and face, a skull fracture, an injury to the brain, fracture to his facial skeleton, a huge laceration to his chest, and a broken clavicle and upper ribs, Leyton said. \n \n The rock that struck White was thrown from the north end of the overpass and was about 5 inches wide, 8 inches long and weighed six pounds, Pickell said. \n \n Prior to the incident that killed White, the suspects threw a tire off of the Farrand Road overpass, Pickell said. \n \n Afterwards, officials said the five went to McDonald's to eat. \n \n White was the father of four children, according to his obituary. \n \n \"I just don't understand how somebody could just go out like that and think it's fun. I mean, you take somebody's child away from them. You take their father away from them. You take their brother away from them,\" said Kenny White, victim's father. \n \n He said the punishment is a far cry from the pain and suffering his family has had to endure. \n \n \"They can't give it the way I want it. So we'll just go with what they got to do with it. You know what I'm saying? I can't give them enough punishment. You know, because even if they spend 30 years in prison, they get to wake up every single day. They still get phone calls from their parents. They still get visitors. My son don't get none of that no more. That was taken away from him for something stupid,\" Kenny White said. \n \n A judge denied bail for all five teenagers. They are set to appear in court again on Nov. 2. \n \n \"It's a murder case and there was no anticipation that anybody was going to be let out today,\" said Frank Manley, defense attorney. \n \n Manley is representing Mark Sekelsky. He cautions the community against painting all of the teens with the same brush. \n \n \"Although the charges are the same, the kids are all different. The actions that the kids may have become involved in are all different. So even though the charges were read exactly the same, my anticipation is that there will be a distinction once the evidence comes forward,\" Manley said. \n \n Manley said the fact that a man lost his life weighs heavy on the Sekelsky family. \n \n \"I can only speak to the parents of my child who are devastated,\" Manley said. \n \n All five of the teenagers attended Clio High School. \n \n Clio Area Schools Superintendent Fletcher Spears III released this statement on Oct. 24 regarding the incident: \n \n Clio Area Schools joins with the entire community in expressing our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Kenneth White in the wake of his tragic death on October 18, 2017. This is an extremely difficult time for our entire community. Whether we knew Mr. White, those who are being charged and their families, or have driven this same stretch of road countless times, many of us have a personal connection with this senseless tragedy. This is a stark reminder that we need to impress upon all of our young people that actions have consequences: and sometimes those consequences can be tragic. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with Mr. White’s family, as well as his many friends during this difficult time. As a District, we are also working to provide support to those in our school and community who have been impacted by this tragedy. Due to privacy requirements, imposed by federal law, we cannot provide any information regarding the students involved. \n \n Why would somebody do this? \n \n TV5 spoke to a psychotherapist about why the teenagers would do something like this. \n \n \"Thinking wow that teenagers can get to that point where they lose their focus of what really are intended consequences of the choices that they're playing,\" Dr. Thomas Haller said. \n \n Haller has been a psychotherapist for more than 20 years. He said something like this is typically the result of mob mentality. \n \n \"Everything is focused through this filter of what will my friends think and how will they view what I'm doing or not doing. And so they lose the focus of outside and how it's affecting somebody else,\" Haller said. \n \n Haller hopes this case will encourage parents to talk to their teens about peer pressure. \n \n \"You have to help yourself stay true to you and not play to the notion that I have to have my friends like everything I do,\" Haller said. \n \n Copyright 2017 WNEM (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved. |||||\nOutput:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Five Michigan teens who allegedly killed a 32-year-old father with a rock thrown from a highway overpass will remain in custody. On Tuesday, a judge refused bail for the five teens, aged 15 to 17, who have all pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and other charges, reports CNN. Each is charged as an adult and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. However, a lawyer for one of the teens says he expects \"a distinction once the evidence comes forward,\" per WNEM. \"Although the charges are all the same, the kids are all different\" and \"the actions that the kids may have become involved in are all different,\" he says. Police say they believe 17-year-old Kyle Anger was the one who threw the rock that killed construction worker Kenneth White via blunt force trauma to the head and chest. However, they also say 20 other rocks were thrown from the overpass before a 6-pound rock crashed through the windshield of a vehicle in which White was passenger. White's fiance, now a single parent to the couple's 5-year-old son, says she hopes the teens are punished to the fullest extent of the law, per WJRT. \"I just hope they realize … how many lives they [tore] apart, and know that what they did was wrong,\" she says, adding her wish that the individual who threw the rock will be behind bars for life.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: In times of economic crisis. Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our skyhigh divorce rate. But this won't necessarily represent. an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same. We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses, By 1932. when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes decreasing and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn't afford to divorce. They feared neither spouse could manage alone. Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households, Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes. After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities, A 1940 book. The Unemployed Man and His Family, described a family in which the husband initially reacted to losing his job \"with tireless search for work.\"He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do. The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale . For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually overwhelmed their attempts to keep their families together. The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold. Millions of American families may now be in the initial stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment. Today's economic crisis could well generate a similar number of couples whose relationships have been irreparably ruined. So it's only when the... Question: What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples? - It will force them to pull their efforts together - It will undermine their mutual understanding - It will help strengthen their emotional bonds - It will irreparably damage their relationship\nA: It will irreparably damage their relationship\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program called the Academy. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math, science, English and social studies. The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. What they really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve there, so that they're prepared for college. Students are invited to enter this program after they finish middle school, and placement in the Academy is voluntary. However, they need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities. Almost 350 students have taken part in the Academy. It began as an experiment in 2010. Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. He says that the novels the students are reading now are very manly novels. These novels deal with the arrogance of man and the pride of man which finally leads to man's downfall. One of those books, for example, is The Call of the Wild by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada's Klondike Gold Rush. Morgan Fleet, a senior at Boonsboro High, likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. She believes this difference seems to prevent her from developing herself because she's more focused on thoughts like \"Oh, I wish they would shut up. Oh, what do they think of me?'' instead of focusing on \"What's the homework? What's going on in this class? What's the lesson?\". There is one activity that girls and boys in the Academy do together. At the end of the day, many of them stay and help tutor students who are having trouble in school. Question: Which is likely to be Morgan Fleet's opinion? - A girl cares about the boys' opinions of her. - Single-sex classes should be stopped. - Girls are more focused when studying with boys. - Boys and girls act the same in separate classrooms.\nA: A girl cares about the boys' opinions of her.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Most nights I lie in bed, ready for an escape from myself, yet a streaming video of everything I ate, how I exercised, the activities of the day won't stop playing in my mind. I pause. I breathe. I try to relax once again, but it doesn't work. When I'm not exercising -- even if I've already exercised that day -- I'm consumed with anxiety about my next workout. Will something come up and make me miss the gym? What about holidays when the gym is closed? Exercise has become a disease; it even disguises (,) itself as the cure. If I don't have _ as an escape, then what's left to hold me together? Working out feels like the only way to calm myself, but as soon as I leave the gym or finish a walk, the whole cycle starts over again. As you might have guessed by now, I suffer from depression and OCD . I'm a highly-educated adult woman who knows the risks of this behavior, and yet I can't stop. As a society, we're told over and over that it's important to exercise. That's what makes it so easy to keep this addiction a secret; it's not as obvious as lighting up a cigarette. You can continue to feed your addiction under the guise that you're just being \"healthy\". I not only have to fight the nonstop thoughts in my head but also the \"more exercise is better\" messages I receive from the media every day. For me, exercise has become a drug, which is a way to numb the pain I might feel. I wonder what it would be like to \"have the problem\" of not wanting to go to the gym. It still feels very far away. Yet I know I can be stronger than this. I can break the cycle I'm in. I can tell my story so as to give up a piece of the secrecy that keeps me sick. Because no, you don't want my problem. And finally, neither do I. Question: We know from the text that the author _ . - is emotionless - lives far away from the gym - is seriously ill - has difficulty in keeping secrets\n", "role": "user" }, { "content": "A: is seriously ill", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Q: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: A family in Guelph, Ontario is spending a year living \"in 1982\".They're doing it so their kids can see what life was like before technology like iPads, computers and even coffee machines was part of everyday life. They have stopped using all technology from their home and are relying on the things people would have used back in the 80s.There is a box at the front door where people can put their cell phones in, while they're visiting the family. Blair McMillan and his wife Morgan want their kids--Trey, 5, and Denton, 2 -- to have a year without technology. Instead of reading ereaders, they are reading books. Instead of using a GPS, they used paper maps. The home the family is living in was built in the 1980s.Even the way they dress and style their hair is from the 80s. The whole idea started when young Trey was called to come outside. He didn't because he was busy playing on the iPad. That's why his dad thought of the idea of living \"in 1982\" for a year. The family plans to live like \"it's 1982\" until April next year. To them, one of the hardest things was giving up their cell phones. Question: Who made the family have the idea of living \"in 1982\"? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- The reporter.\n- Young Trey.\n- Blair McMillan.\n- Morgan.\n\nA: Young Trey.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: One of the most important meals of the day is breakfast. In order for children to build strong bodies and for adults to keep well, they should always eat a good breakfast. Eating the right food is necessary for good health. You should eat different kinds of food in order to keep a good health. It is understood that a good breakfast may contain eggs, bread, milk, and so on. By eating breakfast every morning, you can feel alive and active in the morning's work. After a good breakfast you can step out into the morning air and feel wonderful. Anybody can feel better by eating a good breakfast. Many fathers and mothers are unable to get their children to eat breakfast. There are many reasons for children not to eat breakfast. One reason could be that they do not have a good example. It could be that the father and mother do not eat breakfast. What ever the reasons are for children not to eat breakfast, it can be bad for their health. Without breakfast children may not grow as fast as they should and may not study and play as well in school in the morning as they could. They can have more illnesses, and, when they are ill, it may take them longer to be in good health again than it takes children with good health habits. Good eating habits mean eating breakfast. Unless you eat breakfast, you do not eat a full meal from dinner the night before until lunch the next day. This is quite a long time for the body to go without food. Food is the source of power for the body. Unless the body gets food, it cannot keep operating at top speed. Without food the body will slow down. Nobody will live without food. It is necessary to start the day full of power. So you must eat breakfast so that you can keep in good health and do your best each morning. Question: What should adults do in order to keep good health? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Eat less and take more exercise.\n- Have less for lunch.\n- Have more for supper.\n- Have a good breakfast.\n\nA: Have a good breakfast.\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Robert and Peter study in the same university. They do everything together and help each other. But they often play jokes on each other. The school year was over last month and they decided to travel through the country in America. They drove a car and could stop wherever they were interested in and started whenever they wanted. Of course they enjoyed themselves. It was very hot one day and they were both hungry and thirsty. They stopped in front of a restaurant by the road. They came in, sat down at a table and ordered some dishes. Robert looked around and found there was a small bowl on the table. He thought there was some ice cream in it and took a spoonful of it and put it into his mouth. Immediately he knew it was mustard ,but it was too late. Tears ran down his face, but he pretended nothing had happened. The other young man, seeing his friend crying, asked, \"What are you crying about, Robert?\" \"I'm thinking of my father who was hanged twenty years ago,\" was his reply. After a while, Peter made the same mistake. Tears ran down his cheeks, too. And his friend asked him why. \"I wonder why your father hadn't been hanged before he got married!\" Question: The writer mainly wants to tell us _ in this passage. Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- not to trust your friend.\n- a joke\n- not to mistake mustard for Ice cream.\n- it's wrong to lie to friends\n\nA: a joke\n\n\nQ: Read the following article and answer the question. Article: Recently, online high schools in America have sparked a debate about whether or not taxpayers' money should be used to support online education. Online schools receive the same amount of funding as all other public schools, even though they don't have to pay for rent or school equipment. States should use their educational funds to improve education at real schools, not to support online programs. Some students only use online classes to supplement their school work. They benefit from the social experience of a traditional high school, while still taking online courses. However, about 90 thousand students in America receive their education only from online schools. 50 thousand of these students take courses at Florida Virtual School, the largest online school in the country. While this method of schooling helps students who live in remote regions, most school systems are upset that they are losing more students each year to these online programs. Although online learning allows children to work at their own pace, these online schools have only one teacher per several hundred students. Often, teachers can't give struggling students the help they need as they are unable to talk face-to-face with them, to find exactly what they're having difficulty with. Additionally, even though online schooling accommodates students who live in more remote states, students in online programs may suffer in social situations because they will not learn valuable communication skills from their schooling. Similar to students who are home schooled, those who take only online classes won't learn social etiquette , and will be treated differently by their peers. Online schooling might be useful for places where there are not enough students for a real school, such as agricultural regions, but states should only spend taxpayers' money on online schools in extreme cases. Question: What is the author's attitude? Answer:\n\nOPTIONS:\n- Taxpayers should not pay for online schools at all.\n- Taxpayers should pay more for online schools than real schools.\n- Taxpayers' money should be spent on online schools conditionally.\n- Taxpayers should support online schools in different ways.\n\nA:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "Taxpayers' money should be spent on online schools conditionally.", "role": "assistant" } ]

[ { "content": "Ques: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: As is known to all, color1s appear in every language to express people's feeling and thoughts.Then, what is the situation in American English? Red is a hot color1.Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair.They are red hot when they are very angry about something.The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color1 and their fiery taste.Fast loud music is popular with many people.They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz. Pink is a lighter kind of red.People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century.It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health. The color1 black is often used in expressions.People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day.People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now.But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations. The color1 green is natural for trees and grass.But it is an unnatural color1 for humans.A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green.A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has.That person may say he is green with envy.Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks.Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color1 of the back side of the paper money. Question: When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _ . - enjoys himself in boating - is hit by a high wave - has a stomachache - likes trees and grass\nAns: has a stomachache\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: At 7:49 a.m. local time on Wednesday, April 14th, a huge earthquake struck Yushu County in Qinghai, China, described as \"end of the earth\" in a famous poem of the Tang Dynasty. The earthquake destroyed many houses, cut off power and caused over 2,000 deaths and injuries. On the night when the earthquake happened, many survivors had to sit or lie on the ground in terrible darkness. Some brought their own tents and others turned on the lights of motorcycles. It seemed that the earth was at an end. But their natural character made them get together to fight the early spring's cold nights. Facing the disaster, they chose to be stronger and standing still and firmly like Yushu, the name of their hometown meaning \"Standing like Trees\". The disaster drew much attention both at home and abroad. Our country leaders ordered rescuers to value every life and never to give up. Thousands of rescuers and medical teams rushed to Yushu from many areas of China, bringing machines, medicines and something necessary to the quake-hit town. They entered every village to search for survivors. Governments, organizations and volunteers are offering money and materials to the areas. We believe that under the leadership of the Central Government, people in the disaster areas are sure to restore production and rebuild homeland as soon as possible. And the overall victory can be achieved in the earthquake rescue work. Question: Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? - Yushu, a young town, was destroyed in the terrible earthquake. - A huge earthquake once hit Yushu County in the Tang Dynasty. - The whole nation does its best to help rebuild the new homeland. - There was still electricity after the earthquake struck the town.\nAns: The whole nation does its best to help rebuild the new homeland.\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Film director James Cameron first became interested in sea exploration when he was a little boy.His love for the ocean grew after he made the 1989 undersea adventure film The Abyss and the 1997 blockbuster Titanic,one of the most successful movies of all time.Following that big success,James Cameron decided to put his film career on hold to become an explorer. In 2012,James Cameron made a journey to the deepest spot in the Mariana Trench,known as Challenger Deep.And now the great journey has been made into a documentary film,named James Cameron's Deep-sea Challenger 3D. In James Cameron's fantasy films,such as Avatar and The Abyss,the unexplored areas are decorated in colors and full of danger.But on his dive into Challenger Deep,the reality proved far different: white, deserted and dull. \"I felt like I had gone to another planet,\"Cameron said after returning from the cold and dark place in the Western Pacific Ocean,nearly 7 miles below the surface.\"I really have a sense of being separated and realize how tiny I am down in this big, black and unexplored place.\" Cameron captured the moon-like landscape of the deep sea and documented the sea creatures he observed in the ocean. James Cameron's Deep--sea Challenger 3D tells the story of Cameron' s journey.It is a film about determination,danger and the ocean'S greatest depths.The movie shows a unique insight into Cameron's world when he makes his dream reality and makes history by becoming the first person to travel alone to the deepest point on the planet. It's an exciting film and inspiring reminder that our beautiful planet still has a lot to explore. Question: When did James Cameron become interested in the ocean? - When he was in his childhood. - After his films The Abyss and Titanic. - After he achieved great Success in movies. - When he began to explore the deep sea alone.\nAns: When he was in his childhood.\n\nQues: Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: The smell of fresh air is becoming something of a distant memory, thanks to our increasing use of fragrance . From air fresheners to scented candles, we live in a world of scent. Recent figures show seven in ten people use air fresheners or scented candles to keep our homes smelling sweet. Yet recent records suggest that perfumed products could affect our health, causing problems including allergies , headaches and asthma . One leading expert believes nearly a third of people suffer health effects from being exposed to scents. A major problem is so-called \"contact\" allergy--where perfumes and scented products cause eczema when they come into contact with the skin. About one in 20 is thought to be affected by fragrance allergy. \"Often it may not be immediately obvious that you have developed a fragrance allergy,\" says Dr. Baron. \"You don't react immediately. Gradually, as you are exposed more and more, the body increases its reaction, until it becomes noticeable to you.\" People with pre-existing eczema are particularly vulnerable . \"The eczema worsens in areas in contact with perfumes,\" says Dr. Baron. \"But even those without allergies can be at risk of fragrance allergy.\" You can become suddenly allergic to perfumes and personal care products that you have been using for years. \"Even if you know which fragrance causes a problem, it can be difficult to avoid, as most personal care products -soap, shampoo, sun cream and washing powder--contain fragrances,\" says Dr. Baron. And strong scents can also cause headaches. Fragrances activate the nose's nerve cells, stimulating the nerve system associated with head pain. To minimize risk, sufferers are advised to minimize the contact. \"Fragrance suggest cleanliness - yet people are smelling a potentially dangerous chemical mixture,\" says Anne Steinemann, professor of the University of Washington. \"We often use them to mask one problem - as with air fresheners - but create a greater one - adding poisonous chemicals to the air.\" Question: According to Dr. Baron, _ . - our bodies have an immediate reaction to fragrance. - seven in ten have suffered fragrance allergy. - fragrance can affect people who don't have allergy - people can avoid contacting with fragrance easily\nAns:", "role": "user" }, { "content": "fragrance can affect people who don't have allergy", "role": "assistant" } ]